Heliothis

Heliothis
Heliothis virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Heliothinae
Genus:	Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816
Subgenera
?Timora Walker, 1856 Masalia Moore, 1881
Synonyms
Heliothentes Ochsenheimer, 1816 Heliotis Sodoffsky, 1837 Chloridea Duncan & Westwood, 1841 Aspila Guenée, 1852 Disocnemis Grote, 1883 Dysocnemis Grote, 1890 Neocleptria Hampson, 1903 Pradatta Moore, 1881 Curubasa Moore, 1881 Lecerfia Domont, 1920

Heliothis is a genus of moths, whose larvae are agricultural pests on crop species such as tobacco, cotton, soybean and pigeon pea.

Note: several species of moths of agricultural importance that used to be placed in this genus now are classified as members of the genus Helicoverpa, such as the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea.^[1]

Larva of Heliothis virescens

Species

• Subgenus Heliothis:
  • Heliothis acesias Felder & Rogenhofer, 1872
  • Heliothis australis Hardwick, 1994
  • Heliothis belladonna (H. Edwards, 1881)
  • Heliothis borealis (Hampson, 1903)
  • Heliothis conifera (Hampson, 1913)
  • Heliothis cystiphora (Wallengren, 1860)
  • Heliothis flavescens (Janse, 1917)
  • Heliothis flavigera (Hampson, 1907)
  • Heliothis fuscimacula (Janse, 1917)
  • Heliothis hoarei Matthews, 1999
  • Heliothis lucilinea Walker, 1858
  • Heliothis maritima Graslin, 1855
  • Heliothis metachrisea (Hampson, 1903)
  • Heliothis melanoleuca Mitchell, 1997
  • Heliothis molochitina (Berg, 1882)
  • Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]
  • Heliothis ononis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Heliothis oregonica (H. Edwards, 1875)
  • Heliothis pauliani Viette, 1959
  • Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Heliothis perstriata (Brandt, 1941)
  • Heliothis philbyi (Brandt, 1941)
  • Heliothis phloxiphaga Grote & Robinson, 1867
  • Heliothis proruptus Grote, 1873
  • Heliothis punctifera Walker, 1857
  • Heliothis roseivena (Walker, 1866)
  • Heliothis scutuligera Guenée, 1852
  • Heliothis sturmhoefeli Draudt, 1927
  • Heliothis subflexa (Guenée, 1852)
  • Heliothis tergemina (C. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Heliothis virescens (Fabricius, 1777)
  • Heliothis viriplaca (Hufnagel, 1766)
  • Heliothis xanthia Angulo y Olivares, 1999
  • Heliothis xanthiata Walker, 1865
• Subgenus Masalia:
  • Heliothis albida (Hampson, 1905)
  • Heliothis albipuncta (Hampson, 1910)
  • Heliothis cruentata (Moore, 1881)
  • Heliothis decorata (Moore, 1881)
  • Heliothis disticta (Hampson, 1902)
  • Heliothis galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Heliothis leucosticta (Hampson, 1902)
  • Heliothis nubila (Hampson, 1903)
  • Heliothis philbyi (Brandt, 1941)
  • Heliothis perstriata (Brandt, 1941)
  • Heliothis quilengesi Seymour, 1972
  • Heliothis sublimis (Berio, 1962)
  • Heliothis transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
  • Heliothis uncta (Swinhoe, 1885)
• Subgenus Timora (also treated as a separate genus):
  • See: Timora

External links

• H. virescens, tobacco budworm on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
• Heliothis at funet

References

1. Kingan, TIMOTHY G., PATRICIA A. Thomas-Laemont, and ASHOK K. Raina. "Male accessory gland factors elicit change from ‘virgin’to ‘mated’behaviour in the female corn earworm moth Helicoverpa zea." Journal of Experimental Biology 183.1 (1993): 61-76.