Hybrid swarm of ‘mega-pests’ threatens crops worldwide, warn scientists

A pair of major agricultural pests have combined to produce a “mega-pest” that could threaten crops around the world.  Losses from the original pest species, cotton bollworms and corn earworms, already amounts to billions of dollars worth of food.  But a hybrid of the two, shows signs of rapidly developing resistance to pesticides and it scientists fear it could cross international boundaries undetected, wiping out all the crops it comes across. 
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