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Egyptian Bollworm
Earias insulana
The Egyptian stemborer, Egyptian bollworm, spiny bollworm or cotton spotted bollworm (Earias insulana) is a moth of the Nolidae family. It is found in most of Africa, southern Europe, the Near East and Middle East, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Australia and Hawaii. It is a rare in immigrant in Great Britain.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 344823.