TY  - JOUR
N2  - The assumption of N. S. Bhatterjee that Heliothis armigera is divided into 3 subspecies, which feed on cotton and bhindi [okra], on sorghum, maize and wheat, and on gram [Cicer arietinum] and tomato, respectively, and of which the males have 11, 12 and 13 aedeagal cornutal spines, respectively, was investigated by rearing laboratory populations of field-collected larvae taken on sorghum, gram and pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan] on these 3 groups of food-plants. The number of spines was found to vary from 10 to 15 in laboratory-reared and field-collected males of all the food-plant groups. It was therefore impossible to link spine numbers with food-plant type in determining subspecies of H. armigera. Other Heliothis species collected at the same time from Andhra Pradesh included H. peltigera and H. assulta.


AV  - public
A1  - Jadhav, D R
A1  - Bhatnagar, V S
A1  - Pawar, C S
TI  - The species status of Heliothis armigera (Hub. ) (Leidoptera: Noctuidae) in Andhra Pradesh, India on the basis of Aedeagal cornutal spines 
UR  - http://cs-test.ias.ac.in/cs/php/toc.php?vol=054&issue=05
JF  - Current Science
SP  - 239
Y1  - 1985///
ID  - icrisat3482
EP  - 240
SN  - 0011-3891
VL  - 54
PB  - Indian Academy of Sciences
IS  - 5
ER  -