Pesticidal toxin proteins active against lepidopteran insects

A protein toxic to black cutworm Lepidopteran species comprising the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:6.

A Lepidopteran toxic protein comprising in operable linkage:

• a. a first peptide segment comprising a Cry1A Domain I amino acid sequence;
• b. a second peptide segment comprising residues 258-606 of SEQ ID NO:6;
• wherein said Lepidopteran toxic protein exhibits toxic bioactivity when tested against a Lepidopteran pest selected from the group consisting of a Black Cutworm (A. ipsilon), a Corn Earworm (H. zea), a Western Bean Cutworm (S. albicosta), a European Corn Borer (O. nubilalis), a Southwestern Corn Borer (D. grandiosella), a Cabbage Looper (T. ni), a Soybean Looper (P. includens), a Fall Armyworm (S. frugiperda), and a Sugarcane Borer (D. saccharalis).