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.

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.

Eyes naked and without lashes. Proboscis fully developed. Palpi porrect and second joint evenly clothes with long hair. The third joint is short and depressed and a short frontal shift. Thorax and abdomen without tufts. Fore tibia has a pair of slender terminal spines, whereas mid and hind tibia also spined. Fore wings with veins 8 and 9 sometimes given off from the end of the areole.

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