Heliothis
Encyclopedia
Heliothis is a genus
of moth
s, whose larva
e are agricultural pests on crop species such as tobacco
, cotton
, soybean
and pigeon pea
. Several of the species formerly placed in this genus are now in the genus Helicoverpa
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s, whose larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
e are agricultural pests on crop species such as tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
, cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
, soybean
Soybean
The soybean or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has numerous uses...
and pigeon pea
Pigeon pea
The pigeon pea , also known as tropical green pea, toor dāl or arhar dāl , ತೊಗರಿ ಬೇಳೆ kadios , or Congo pea or gungo pea , pois Congo , gandul , gunga pea, or no-eye pea, [Cajanus...
. Several of the species formerly placed in this genus are now in the genus Helicoverpa
Helicoverpa
Helicoverpa is a genus of moth in the Noctuidae family.-Extant species:* Helicoverpa armigera - Cotton Bollworm Hübner, 1805* Helicoverpa assulta * Helicoverpa atacamae Hardwick, 1965...
.
Species
- Subgenus Heliothis:
- Heliothis acesiasHeliothis acesiasHeliothis acesias is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from north-eastern Nevada and southern Idaho, northward to southern Alberta, then eastward to southern and eastern Ontario.Adults are on from June to September.-External links:...
Felder & Rogenhofer, 1872 - Heliothis australisHeliothis australisHeliothis australis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Chiapas in southern Mexico northward to New Mexico and Arizona.Adults are on from May to October.-External links:*...
Hardwick, 1994 - Heliothis belladonnaHeliothis belladonnaHeliothis belladonna is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, including Washington....
(H. Edwards, 1881) - Heliothis borealisHeliothis borealisThe Boreal Gem is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Quebec west to Alberta, and south in the mountains to south-western Montana.The wingspan is 22–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June....
(Hampson, 1903) - Heliothis coniferaHeliothis coniferaHeliothis conifera is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including South Africa.-External links:*...
(Hampson, 1913) - Heliothis cystiphoraHeliothis cystiphoraHeliothis cystiphora is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Central America, South America and the Galapagos....
(Wallengren, 1860) - Heliothis flavescensHeliothis flavescensHeliothis flavescens is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including South Africa and Swaziland.-External links:* *...
(Janse, 1917) - Heliothis flavigeraHeliothis flavigeraHeliothis flavigera is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including South Africa and Ethiopia.-External links:*...
(Hampson, 1907) - Heliothis fuscimaculaHeliothis fuscimaculaHeliothis fuscimacula is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including South Africa and Swaziland.-External links:* *...
(Janse, 1917) - Heliothis hoareiHeliothis hoareiHeliothis hoarei is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to the Northern Territory and Queensland.-External links:*...
Matthews, 1999 - Heliothis lucilineaHeliothis lucilineaHeliothis lucilinea is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found on Hispaniola and Jamaica.-External links:*...
Walker, 1858 - Heliothis maritimaHeliothis maritimaThe Shoulder-striped Clover is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe, Ukraine, southern Russia and southern Siberia, Transbaikalia, Turkey, central Asia, China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Mongolia, northern India, Pakistan, the Russian Far East The...
Graslin, 1855 - Heliothis metachriseaHeliothis metachriseaHeliothis metachrisea is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found on Madagascar....
(Hampson, 1903) - Heliothis melanoleucaHeliothis melanoleucaHeliothis melanoleuca is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is found in riparian forest....
Mitchell, 1997 - Heliothis molochitinaHeliothis molochitinaHeliothis molochitina is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in South America, including Argentina and Brazil.-External links:*...
(Berg, 1882) - Heliothis nubigeraHeliothis nubigeraThe Eastern Bordered Straw is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in all kind of arid areas in the Palaearctic ecozone. It is found in all the Levant countries....
Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] - Heliothis ononisHeliothis ononisThe Flax Bollworm is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in China, Kazakstan, central Asia, northern Mongolia , the Russian Far East , the Korean Peninsula, southern European part of Russia, southern and central Europe, southern and eastern Siberia and Turkey...
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - Heliothis oregonicaHeliothis oregonicaThe Oregon Gem is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Peace River area of Alberta south and west in the mountains to California and Arizona. There is also a disjunct population in north central Quebec....
(H. Edwards, 1875) - Heliothis paulianiHeliothis paulianiHeliothis pauliani is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including South Africa.-External links:*...
Viette, 1959 - Heliothis peltigeraHeliothis peltigeraThe Bordered Straw is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Southern Europe and the Near East, but can be found further North too, because it is a migratory species. It is also present in most of Africa and in Asia, ranging to China and Laos.The wingspan is 34–42 mm. The...
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - Heliothis perstriataHeliothis perstriataHeliothis perstriata is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It has been recorded from Iran and Punjab in India....
(Brandt, 1941) - Heliothis philbyiHeliothis philbyiHeliothis philbyi is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Iran and Oman.-External links:*...
(Brandt, 1941) - Heliothis phloxiphagaHeliothis phloxiphagaHeliothis phloxiphaga is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the United States and southern Canada.Adults are on wing during summer.The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of a wide variety of plants.-External links:*...
Grote & Robinson, 1867 - Heliothis proruptusHeliothis proruptusHeliothis proruptus is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, including California and Oregon.The wingspan is about 27 mm....
Grote, 1873 - Heliothis punctiferaHeliothis punctiferaThe Lesser Budworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia....
Walker, 1857 - Heliothis roseivenaHeliothis roseivenaHeliothis roseivena is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia and on Lombok and Flores in Indonesia.The wingspan is about 25 mm.-External links:* *...
(Walker, 1866) - Heliothis scutuligeraHeliothis scutuligeraHeliothis scutuligera is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the western, eastern and northern Cape of South Africa, Lesotho KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Malawi.-External links:* *...
Guenée, 1852 - Heliothis sturmhoefeliHeliothis sturmhoefeliHeliothis sturmhoefeli is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in South America, including Brazil.-External links:*...
Draudt, 1927 - Heliothis subflexaHeliothis subflexaHeliothis subflexa is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from most of the United States, throughout the Antilles, south to Argentina....
(Guenée, 1852) - Heliothis tergeminaHeliothis tergeminaHeliothis tergemina is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in South America, including Brazil.The larvae feed on various solanaceaeous plants.-External links:*...
(C. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) - Heliothis virescensHeliothis virescensThe Tobacco Budworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Brazil and the Antilles. The wingspan is 28-35 mm....
(Fabricius, 1777) - Heliothis viriplacaHeliothis viriplacaThe Marbled Clover is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe and Asia.The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The moth flies in two to three generations from May to August...
(Hufnagel, 1766) - Heliothis xanthiaHeliothis xanthiaHeliothis xanthia is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in South America, including and possibly limited to Argentina....
Angulo y Olivares, 1999 - Heliothis xanthiataHeliothis xanthiataHeliothis xanthiata is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including and possibly limited to South Africa and Lesotho.-External links:* *...
Walker, 1865
- Heliothis acesias
- Subgenus MasaliaMasaliaMasalia was a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. It is now considered to be a subgenus of Heliothis.-Selected species:*Heliothis albida *Heliothis philbyi *Heliothis perstriata...
:- Heliothis albidaHeliothis albidaHeliothis albida is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant and the deserts of Iran.Adults are on wing in April. There is one generation per year....
(Hampson, 1905) - Heliothis albipunctaHeliothis albipunctaHeliothis albipuncta is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including South Africa.-External links:*...
(Hampson, 1910) - Heliothis cruentataHeliothis cruentataHeliothis cruentata is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in India....
(Moore, 1881) - Heliothis decorataHeliothis decorataHeliothis decorata is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in India....
(Moore, 1881) - Heliothis distictaHeliothis distictaHeliothis disticta is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Lesotho, Transvaal and Zimbabwe.-External links:* *...
(Hampson, 1902) - Heliothis galatheaeHeliothis galatheaeHeliothis galatheae is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found all over Africa, including South Africa to Ethiopia and Gambia.-External links:* *...
(Wallengren, 1856) - Heliothis leucostictaHeliothis leucostictaHeliothis leucosticta is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including Botswana and South Africa.-External links:*...
(Hampson, 1902) - Heliothis nubilaHeliothis nubilaHeliothis nubila is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including Nigeria....
(Hampson, 1903) - Heliothis philbyiHeliothis philbyiHeliothis philbyi is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Iran and Oman.-External links:*...
(Brandt, 1941) - Heliothis perstriataHeliothis perstriataHeliothis perstriata is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It has been recorded from Iran and Punjab in India....
(Brandt, 1941) - Heliothis quilengesiHeliothis quilengesiHeliothis quilengesi is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including South Africa and Angola.-External links:*...
Seymour, 1972 - Heliothis sublimisHeliothis sublimisHeliothis sublimis is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa, including South Africa.-External links:*...
(Berio, 1962) - Heliothis transvaalicaHeliothis transvaalicaHeliothis transvaalica is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Transvaal, South Africa.-External links:*...
(Distant, 1902) - Heliothis unctaHeliothis unctaHeliothis uncta is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in India and Pakistan....
(Swinhoe, 1885)
- Heliothis albida
- Subgenus Timora (also treated as a separate genus):
- See: TimoraTimoraTimora is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. Some authors consider it to be a subgenus of Heliothis.-Species:*Timora albisticta Janse, 1917*Timora bivittata Walker, 1856*Timora daphoena Hampson, 1910...
- See: Timora
External links
- H. virescens, tobacco budworm on the UFUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
/ IFASInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesThe University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information...
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