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| Chloridea virescens larva | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Heliothinae |
| Genus: | Chloridea Duncan & Westwood, 1841 |
Chloridea is a genus of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are at least three described species in Chloridea.
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.
Species
These species belong to the genus Chloridea:
- Chloridea subflexa (Guenée, 1852) (subflexus straw moth)
- Chloridea tergemina (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Chloridea virescens (Fabricius, 1777) (tobacco budworm moth)
References
- "Chloridea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ 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.
- EPPO Global Database
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