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Order / Family

Lepidoptera: Pyralida

Common Names

cabbage centre worm, cabbage borer

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Cabbage webworm caterpillar (Hellula undalis) and damage on a kale leaf. (c) A. M. Varela, icipe

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First instar caterpillars of the cabbage webworm feeding in a leaf of kale. (c) A. M. Varela, icipe

Caterpillar of the cabbage webworm (Hellula undalis feeding in the stem of a kale plant. (c) A. M. Varela

Cabbage webworm (Hellula undalis) feeding on a cabbage head. The caterpillars have dark brown or black heads. The body is creamy white with light pinkish-brown longitudinal stripes, attaining a length of 1.2-1.5 cm when fully grown. (c) A.M. Varela, icipe

Moth of the cabbage webworm (Hellula undalis (c) A. M. Varela, icipe

Damage to the growing tip of a kale plant caused by the cabbage webworm (c) A. M. Varela, icipe

Damage by the cabbage webworm as stemborer on a kale plant (c) A. M. Varela, icipe

Cabbage webworm adults are greyish-brown with pale dusky hindwings; each forewing has a prominent black spot and zigzagging, light brown lines, central band between lines sometimes filled with darker brown scales. Wings ca 1.2 cm long in males, 1.4 cm in females. (c) David Agassiz. Reproduced from the Crop Protection Compendium, 2005 Edition. © CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 2005.

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mh, 26.6.09 General information: introduction missing BT: the rate of 0,5(what?kg?) per ha is unclear Dobson reference (homemade biopesticides) missing - are crushed DBM used against webworm? pls also include reference addresses where to buy the products (bt) promoted.

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A. M. Varela, icipe

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Scientific Name

Hellula undalis

Pest Type

insect

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Common names; cabbage centre worm, cabbage borer