Biology:Chloridea tergemina
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Short description: Species of moth
Chloridea tergemina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Heliothinae |
Genus: | Chloridea |
Species: | C. tergemina
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Binomial name | |
Chloridea tergemina (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
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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". Systematic Entomology 38. doi:10.1111/syen.12010. http://idtools.org/id/leps/lepintercept/Pogue_2013_Chloridea.pdf. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5706026 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloridea tergemina.
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