Corn earworm
pepper, and tomato. They primarily feed on flowers and fruit from the host plant, as well as on the corn of immature cobs and ears. Adults of corn earworm [...] together with aggregation sex pheromone traps, are population monitoring tools for moths. They have regular migratory habits, seeking warm or mild climates, [...] 10-12 cm deep. This prepupal stage takes one to two days. It then pupates for ten to fourteen days, or three to five months in areas with very cold winters