"polyphagous pest"

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21 July 2025

A tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm (Spodoptera litura) pictured in a forest, in Tehatta, India, on July 20, 2025. This nocturnal moth is a major polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent. As larvae, they feed on a wide variety of plants and can cause severe damage to agricultural crops.

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#12569689

21 July 2025

A tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm (Spodoptera litura) pictured in a forest, in Tehatta, India, on July 20, 2025. This nocturnal moth is a major polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent. As larvae, they feed on a wide variety of plants and can cause severe damage to agricultural crops.

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21 July 2025

A tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm (Spodoptera litura) pictured in a forest, in Tehatta, India, on July 20, 2025. This nocturnal moth is a major polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent. As larvae, they feed on a wide variety of plants and can cause severe damage to agricultural crops.

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#12569693

21 July 2025

A tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm (Spodoptera litura) pictured in a forest, in Tehatta, India, on July 20, 2025. This nocturnal moth is a major polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent. As larvae, they feed on a wide variety of plants and can cause severe damage to agricultural crops.

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#12569697

21 July 2025

A tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm (Spodoptera litura) pictured in a forest, in Tehatta, India, on July 20, 2025. This nocturnal moth is a major polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent. As larvae, they feed on a wide variety of plants and can cause severe damage to agricultural crops.

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#8707180

23 August 2022

The moths of the family Psychidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) are known as bagworms, because, the bagworm moth larva uses debris to build a self-enclosing mobile protective case, which hangs on the branches of a tree or a twig at height. Its clever camouflaging ability looks like a small twig is walking. Bagworm species are commonly polyphagous and known as pests that damage different crops by defoliating the leaves. This photo was taken at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on august 22, 2022.

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#8707182

23 August 2022

The moths of the family Psychidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) are known as bagworms, because, the bagworm moth larva uses debris to build a self-enclosing mobile protective case, which hangs on the branches of a tree or a twig at height. Its clever camouflaging ability looks like a small twig is walking. Bagworm species are commonly polyphagous and known as pests that damage different crops by defoliating the leaves. This photo was taken at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on august 22, 2022.

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#8707184

23 August 2022

The moths of the family Psychidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) are known as bagworms, because, the bagworm moth larva uses debris to build a self-enclosing mobile protective case, which hangs on the branches of a tree or a twig at height. Its clever camouflaging ability looks like a small twig is walking. Bagworm species are commonly polyphagous and known as pests that damage different crops by defoliating the leaves. This photo was taken at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on august 22, 2022.

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#8707186

23 August 2022

The moths of the family Psychidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) are known as bagworms, because, the bagworm moth larva uses debris to build a self-enclosing mobile protective case, which hangs on the branches of a tree or a twig at height. Its clever camouflaging ability looks like a small twig is walking. Bagworm species are commonly polyphagous and known as pests that damage different crops by defoliating the leaves. This photo was taken at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on august 22, 2022.

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#8707188

23 August 2022

The moths of the family Psychidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) are known as bagworms, because, the bagworm moth larva uses debris to build a self-enclosing mobile protective case, which hangs on the branches of a tree or a twig at height. Its clever camouflaging ability looks like a small twig is walking. Bagworm species are commonly polyphagous and known as pests that damage different crops by defoliating the leaves. This photo was taken at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on august 22, 2022.

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#7460244

30 November 2021

A tobacco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura), a serious polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent, is eating cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) vegetable white parts and green leaves at Teahtta, West Bengal; India on 29/11/2021. The moth's effects are quite disastrous, destroying economically important agricultural crops and decreasing yield in some plants completely. A study said Insects consumption will increase to 15 to 20 percent of the globe's food if climate change isn't stopped.

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#7460246

30 November 2021

A tobacco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura), a serious polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent, is eating cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) vegetable white parts and green leaves at Teahtta, West Bengal; India on 29/11/2021. The moth's effects are quite disastrous, destroying economically important agricultural crops and decreasing yield in some plants completely. A study said Insects consumption will increase to 15 to 20 percent of the globe's food if climate change isn't stopped.

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#7460248

30 November 2021

A tobacco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura), a serious polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent, is eating cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) vegetable white parts and green leaves at Teahtta, West Bengal; India on 29/11/2021. The moth's effects are quite disastrous, destroying economically important agricultural crops and decreasing yield in some plants completely. A study said Insects consumption will increase to 15 to 20 percent of the globe's food if climate change isn't stopped.

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#7460250

30 November 2021

A tobacco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura), a serious polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent, is eating cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) vegetable white parts and green leaves at Teahtta, West Bengal; India on 29/11/2021. The moth's effects are quite disastrous, destroying economically important agricultural crops and decreasing yield in some plants completely. A study said Insects consumption will increase to 15 to 20 percent of the globe's food if climate change isn't stopped.

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