Heliothis
| Heliothis |
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| Heliothis virescens |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: |
Heliothinae |
| Genus: |
Heliothis
Ochsenheimer, 1816 |
| Subgenera |
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| Synonyms |
- Heliothentes Ochsenheimer, 1816
- Heliotis Sodoffsky, 1837
- Chloridea Duncan & Westwood, 1841
- Aspila Guenée, 1852
- Disocnemis Grote, 1883
- Dysocnemis Grote, 1890
- Neocleptria Hampson, 1903
- Pradatta Moore, 1881
- Curubasa Moore, 1881
- Lecerfia Domont, 1920
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Heliothis is a genus of moths, whose larvae are agricultural pests on crop species such as tobacco, cotton, soybean and pigeon pea. Several of the species formerly placed in this genus are now in the genus Helicoverpa.
Species
- Subgenus Heliothis:
- Heliothis acesias Felder & Rogenhofer, 1872
- Heliothis australis Hardwick, 1994
- Heliothis belladonna (H. Edwards, 1881)
- Heliothis borealis (Hampson, 1903)
- Heliothis conifera (Hampson, 1913)
- Heliothis cystiphora (Wallengren, 1860)
- Heliothis flavescens (Janse, 1917)
- Heliothis flavigera (Hampson, 1907)
- Heliothis fuscimacula (Janse, 1917)
- Heliothis hoarei Matthews, 1999
- Heliothis lucilinea Walker, 1858
- Heliothis maritima Graslin, 1855
- Heliothis metachrisea (Hampson, 1903)
- Heliothis melanoleuca Mitchell, 1997
- Heliothis molochitina (Berg, 1882)
- Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]
- Heliothis ononis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Heliothis oregonica (H. Edwards, 1875)
- Heliothis pauliani Viette, 1959
- Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Heliothis perstriata (Brandt, 1941)
- Heliothis philbyi (Brandt, 1941)
- Heliothis phloxiphaga Grote & Robinson, 1867
- Heliothis proruptus Grote, 1873
- Heliothis punctifera Walker, 1857
- Heliothis roseivena (Walker, 1866)
- Heliothis scutuligera Guenée, 1852
- Heliothis sturmhoefeli Draudt, 1927
- Heliothis subflexa (Guenée, 1852)
- Heliothis tergemina (C. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Heliothis virescens (Fabricius, 1777)
- Heliothis viriplaca (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Heliothis xanthia Angulo y Olivares, 1999
- Heliothis xanthiata Walker, 1865
- Subgenus Masalia:
- Heliothis albida (Hampson, 1905)
- Heliothis albipuncta (Hampson, 1910)
- Heliothis cruentata (Moore, 1881)
- Heliothis decorata (Moore, 1881)
- Heliothis disticta (Hampson, 1902)
- Heliothis galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
- Heliothis leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
- Heliothis nubila (Hampson, 1903)
- Heliothis philbyi (Brandt, 1941)
- Heliothis perstriata (Brandt, 1941)
- Heliothis quilengesi Seymour, 1972
- Heliothis sublimis (Berio, 1962)
- Heliothis transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
- Heliothis uncta (Swinhoe, 1885)
- Subgenus Timora (also treated as a separate genus):
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