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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Heliothinae » Heliothis

Genus Heliothis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Noctuidae: Heliocheilus phloxiphaga - Heliothis phloxiphaga

Darker-spotted Straw Moth - Heliothis phloxiphaga

Heliothis oninis (Flax Bollworm moth)? - Heliothis ononis

Owlet - Darker-spotted Straw Moth - Heliothis phloxiphaga

Darker-spotted Straw Moth - Hodges#11072 - Heliothis phloxiphaga

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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 Heliothis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816

synonyms

Chloridea Duncan & [Westwood], 1841

Timora Walker, 1856

Masalia Moore, 1881

Disocnemis Grote, 1883

Neocleptria Hampson, 1903

Aspila Guenée, 1842 (preocc. Stephens, 1834)

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet Heliothis is Greek meaning "scorched by the sun." (1)

Numbers

Heliothis has 10 species in America north of Mexico. (2)

Remarks

Some are serious agricultural pests.

Print References

(3)

Hardwick, D.F. (1994) A review of the phloxiphaga group of the genus Heliothis (Noctuidae: Heliothentinae) with description of a new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 48: 106-110. (Full Text)

Internet References

Corn Earworm. SARE

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

3.	A revision and cladistic analysis of the Heliothis virescens species-group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with a ... Robert W. Poole, Charles Mitter, Milton Huettel. 1993. Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 185: 1-51.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 29 August, 2004 - 1:27am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, Aaron Schusteff, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 July, 2017 - 5:43am

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