Heliothis

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Heliothis
Heliothis virescens
Heliothis virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Heliothinae
Genus: Heliothis
Ochsenheimer, 1816

Heliothis is a genus of moths, whose larvae are agricultural pests on crop species such as tobacco, cotton, soybean and pigeon pea.

Larva of Heliothis virescens
Larva of Heliothis virescens
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