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Species Chloridea virescens - Tobacco Budworm Moth - Hodges#11071


A new Heliothid from New Mexico
By McElvare, Rowland R.
Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 45: 83-84, 1950

Revised status of Chloridea Duncan and (Westwood), 1841, for the Heliothis virescens species group
By Pogue, Michael G.
Systematic Entomology 38, 523–542, 2013
Pogue, M.G. 2013. Revised status of Chloridea Duncan and (Westwood), 1841, for the Heliothis virescens species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) based on morphology and three genes. Systematic Entomology 38: 523–542 (PDF)

Nomenclatural validation of three North American species of Heliothinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and the adult ...
By Michael G. Pogue
Zootaxa, 1283: 25–36, 2006
Nomenclatural validation of three North American species of Heliothinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and the adult description of Heliolonche joaquinensis Hardwick.

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A review of the Phloxiphaga group of the genus Heliothis (Noctuidae: Heliothentinae) with description of a new species
By David F. Hardwick
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 48(2): 106-110, 1994

A Monograph to the New World Heliothentinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
By David F. Hardwick
Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 1996
A scholarly review of this monograph appears here. [Note: Apparently "Heliothentinae" = Heliothinae in currently accepted nomenclature (e.g. as used on BugGuide). See aforementioned review for details.]

Revision of the North American genus Supralathosea Barnes & Benjamin... with description of two genera and three species
By Crabo, L.G. & K. Keegan
ZooKeys, 1228: 197-223., 2025
Crabo, L.G. & K. Keegan, 2025. Revision of the North American genus Supralathosea Barnes & Benjamin (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Oncocnemidinae) with description of two genera and three species. ZooKeys, 1228: 197-223.

Supp. Document S2: Collection data, life histories, and expanded discussion of taxonomic implications, in Keegan et al. (2021)
By Wagner, D.L., and K.L. Keegan
Insect Systematics and Diversity, 5(3): 1-24., 2021
This is a supplementary document associated with Keegan et al. 2021 (1) containing life history information for various noctuids discussed in Keegan et al. 2021 (1)

Toward a Stable Global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Taxonomy
By Keegan, K.L., Rota, J., Zahiri, R., Zilli, A., Wahlberg, N., Schmidt, B.C., Lafontaine, J.D., Goldstein, P.Z., Wagner, D.L.
Insect Systematics and Diversity, 5(3): 1-24., 2021
https://academic.oup.com/isd/article-abstract/5/3/1/6262344?fbclid=IwAR1RCLm3yMTBuRTFZvwv2f0CRzC5VAkN0Rs0elOTaxWDA1sPltcdImvtdnU#.YJBL-ZlKx04.facebook