Chloridea tergemina

Chloridea tergemina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Heliothinae
Genus:	Chloridea
Species:	C. tergemina
Binomial name
	Chloridea tergemina; (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

Chloridea tergemina is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South America, including Brazil.

The larvae feed on various solanaceaeous plants.

The species was formerly a member of the genus Heliothis, but was moved to the reinstated genus Chloridea as a result of genetic and morphological research published in 2013.[1]

References

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.

External links

Noctuídeos (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Do Museu Entomológico Ceslau Biezanko, Departamento De Fitossanidade, Faculdade De Agronomia “Eliseu Maciel”, Universidade Federal De Pelotas, RS

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[Pogue2013-1] 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.