Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Heliothis armigera [Helicoverpa armigera] (Hb.) (= H. obsoleta auct.) (Lep., Noctuidae) (Old World Bollworm, African Cotton Bollworm). Host Plants: Cotton, tobacco, tomato, polyphagous. Information is given on the geographical distribution in EUROPE (excl. USSR), Albania, Azores, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Rumania, Sicily, Spain, Yugoslavia, ASIA (excl. USSR), Afghanistan, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, China, Cocos-Keeling Islands, Cyprus, Hainan, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jammu and Kashmir, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippine Islands, Saudi Arabia, Sikkim, Singapore, South Arabian, Protectorates, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Turkey, Vietnam, Yemen, USSR, AFRICA, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroun, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Dahomey, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rhodesia, Rodriguez Islands, Rwanda, St. Helena, Senegal, Seychelles Islands, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tripoli see Libya., Tunisia, Uganda, Upper Volta, Zambia, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Papua & New Guinea, Phoenix Islands, Western Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Irian Jaya.