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Project aims: (i) to investigate the spatial and temporal patterns of Heliothis adult and larval abundance, mortality and host use by each species and their dispersal from other crops into cotton.

The application of the chemical technique developed in DAQ27L in determining the age of field collected adults of Pectinophora scutigera (pinkspotted bollworm).

Heliothis armigera and H. punctigera are serious pests of cotton in Australia. Control of Heliothis is currently dependent on insecticides.

Despite it's status as a pest of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in Central Queensland, the biology and ecology of the pink-spotted bollworm, Pectinophora scutigera (Holdaway), is poorly understood.