Genus Heliothis

Classification · Numbers

Moth with little spots - Heliothis phloxiphagus

Day flying moth - Heliothis phloxiphagus

Moth seen in full daylight - Heliothis phloxiphagus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Heliothinae

Genus Heliothis

Numbers

Nearctica lists 8 species, All Leps lists 10.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 29 August, 2004 - 1:27am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 22 September, 2007 - 9:20am

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