Morphological and molecular identification of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, in Brazil

Collections were done in the states of Brazil. Moths were obtained from larvae collected in cotton, corn, soybean crops and light traps. Identification was based on male genitalia and analysis of mitochondrial gene sequences of cytochrome B and the region  cox1-tRNALeu-cox2 from the same specimens.  In both analyses the presence of H. armigera in Brazil was confirmed.