What type of mouth parts found in spotted boll worm?

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Insect mouthparts are specialized structures adapted to their feeding habits.

Chewing and cutting type mouthparts include strong mandibles used to bite, cut, and grind solid food.

Piercing and sucking type mouthparts resemble needles or straws and are used to suck plant sap or animal blood.

Spotted bollworm (Earias vitella) is a larval pest that bores into cotton bolls, flower buds, and shoots.

It feeds by chewing and cutting plant tissues from the inside after entering the boll.

The larvae do not suck sap or liquid but rather eat the solid internal parts of the cotton boll.

Hence, the spotted bollworm has chewing and cutting type mouthparts, not piercing and sucking type.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option A: Chewing and cutting type.