Heliothinae

Subfamily of moths

Heliothinae

Heliothis peltigera
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Noctuidae
Subfamily:  | Heliothinae
Boisduval, 1828
Genera

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Chloridea virescens larva

Heliothinae is a small, cosmopolitan subfamily of moths in the family Noctuidae, with about 400 described species worldwide. It includes a number of economically significant agricultural pest species, such as Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa zea.

## Taxonomy

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The subfamily has been studied extensively. Important works include studies by Hardwick (1965 and 1970) and Matthews (1988).

## Distribution and diversity

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Heliothinae is a cosmopolitan[1] subfamily of around 400 species.[2] Its species thrive in hot, dry regions of the world,[1] and the subfamily has its highest species diversity in seasonally-arid tropics and subtropics, such as those found Australia, sections of Asia, the southwest region of the United States, and Africa.[2]

## Larvae

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The subfamily includes both specialist species, of which the larvae feed on only a limited range of plants, and polyphagous generalist species.[3]

The subfamily contains several agricultural pests, including Helicoverpa armigera, Helicoverpa assulta, Helicoverpa zea, Helicoverpa punctigera and Heliothis virescens.[3]

## Genera

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The subfamily includes the following genera:

* Adisura Moore, 1881
* Aedophron Lederer, 1857
* Australothis Matthews, 1991
* Baptarma Smith, 1904
* Chloridea Duncan & Westwood, 1841
* Chazaria Moore, 1881
* Derrima Walker, 1858
* Eutricopis Morrison, 1875
* Hebdomochondra Staudinger, 1879
* Helicoverpa Hardwick, 1965
* Heliocheilus Grote, 1865
* Heliolonche Grote, 1873
* Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816
* Heliothodes Hampson, 1910
* Melaporphyria Grote, 1874
* Micriantha Hampson, 1908
* Microhelia Hampson, 1910
* Periphanes Hübner, 1821
* Protadisura Matthews, 1991
* Psectrotarsia Dognin, 1907
* Pyrocleptria Hampson, 1903
* Pyrrhia Hübner, 1821
* Rhodoecia Hampson, 1910
* Schinia Hübner, 1818
* Stenoecia Warren, 1911
* Timora Walker, 1856

## Selected former genera

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* Erythroecia Hampson, 1910
* Masalia Moore, 1881
* Thyreion Smith, 1891

## References

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1. ^ a b Mitter, Charles; Poole, Robert W.; Matthews, Marcus (January 1993). "Biosystematics of the Heliothinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Annual Review of Entomology. 38: 207–225. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.38.010193.001231. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
2. ^ a b Matov, Alexej; Zahiri, Reza; Holloway, Jeremy D. (5 May 2008). "The Heliothinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Zootaxa. 1763 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1763.1.1. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
3. ^ a b Cunningham, John Paul; Zalucki, Myron P. (1 June 2014). "Understanding Heliothine (Lepidoptera: Heliothinae) Pests: What is a Host Plant?". Journal of Economic Entomology. 107 (3): 881–896. doi:10.1603/ec14036. PMID 25026644.

* Cho, S.; Mitchell, A.; Mitter, C.; Regier, J.; Matthews, M.; Robertson, R. 2008: Molecular phylogenetics of heliothine moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae), with comments on the evolution of host range and pest status. Systematic entomology, 33: 581-594. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00427.x
* ICZN 1985: Opinion 1312. Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Insecta: Lepidoptera): gender and stem designated. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 42: 158-159. ISSN 0007-5167 BioStor
* Lafontaine, J.D.; Schmidt, B.C. 2010: Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414

## External links

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Taxon identifiers

Heliothinae|

* Wikidata: Q148448
* Wikispecies: Heliothinae
* AFD: Heliothinae
* BioLib: 53680
* BugGuide: 12375
* CoL: 93MWR
* Fauna Europaea: 449052
* Fauna Europaea (new): a40c5165-4887-4b39-90e4-69c40f1c5131
* iNaturalist: 122535
* ITIS: 694054
* NBN: NHMSYS0000502826
* NCBI: 95178

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