Heliothis nubigera

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Heliothis nubigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Heliothis
Species: H. nubigera
Binomial name
Heliothis nubigera
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Chloridea nubigera Rothschild, 1915

The Eastern Bordered Straw (Heliothis nubigera) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in all kind of arid areas in the Palaearctic ecozone. It is found in all the Levant countries.

Garrigue (Phrygana) habitat, Rhodes

The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Adults are on wing year round. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae are polyphagous on various wild herbaceous plants. Recorded food plants include Zygophyllum, Echinops, Lonicera, Atriplex halimus, Retama raetam, Suaeda asphaltica and Zygophyllum dumosum.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.". 

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