Heliothis

Heliothis
Heliothis virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Heliothinae
Genus:	Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816
Subgenera
?Timora Walker, 1856 Masalia Moore, 1881
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

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

Note: several species of moths of agricultural importance that formerly were placed in this genus now are classified as members of the genus Helicoverpa, such as the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea.^[1]

Larva of Heliothis virescens

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):
  • See: Timora

External links

• H. virescens, tobacco budworm on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
• Heliothis at funet

References