Chloridea

Chloridea
Chloridea virescens larva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Heliothinae
Genus: Chloridea
Duncan & Westwood, 1841
Chloridea subflexa

Chloridea is a genus of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are at least three described species in Chloridea.[1][2]

The species of Chloridea were formerly members of the genus Heliothis, but were moved to Chloridea when it was reinstated as valid genus as a result of research published in 2013.[2][3]

Species

These species belong to the genus Chloridea:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Chloridea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. ^ a b c Pogue, Michael G. (2013). "Revised status of Chloridea Duncan and (Westwood), 1841, for the Heliothis virescens species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) based on morphology and three genes" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 38. doi:10.1111/syen.12010.
  3. ^ EPPO Global Database


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