Biology:Chloridea
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Chloridea | |
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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.[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]
- Chloridea subflexa (Guenée, 1852) (subflexus straw moth)
- Chloridea tergemina (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Chloridea virescens (Fabricius, 1777) (tobacco budworm moth)
References
- ↑ "Chloridea genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/1300084.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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". Systematic Entomology 38. doi:10.1111/syen.12010. http://idtools.org/id/leps/lepintercept/Pogue_2013_Chloridea.pdf.
- ↑ EPPO Global Database
Wikidata ☰ Q5102943 entry
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