Heliothis

Heliothis
	Heliothis viriplaca, Poland
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Heliothinae
Genus:	Heliothis; Ochsenheimer, 1816
Subgenera
	?Timora Walker, 1856; Masalia Moore, 1881;
Synonyms
	Heliothentes Ochsenheimer, 1816; Heliotis Sodoffsky, 1837; 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 in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Some of the species have larvae which are agricultural pests on crop species such as tobacco, cotton, soybean and pigeon pea. Some species originally in this genus have been moved to other genera, see Chloridea and Helicoverpa.

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