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Genus Helicoverpa

Large beautiful moth with green eyes - Helicoverpa zea

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Heliothinae

Genus Helicoverpa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Heliothis

Numbers

Only one species in our area. Several other species occur in South America, including the recently introduced H. armigera, which has been intercepted in the US and may become established in the future. H. armigera is very similar to zea morphologically, and the species hybridize in the lab.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 12 August, 2004 - 4:54pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Blocky
Last updated 3 April, 2019 - 1:13am

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