Biology:Helicoverpa hawaiiensis

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Short description: Species of moth

Helicoverpa hawaiiensis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Helicoverpa
Species:
H. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Helicoverpa hawaiiensis
(Quaintance & Brues, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Chloridea armigera hawaiiensis
  • Chloridea obsoleta signata
  • Heliothis hawaiiensis (Quaintance and Brues, 1905)
  • Heliothis obsoleta var. hawaiiensis Quaintance and Brues, 1905
  • Chloridea obsoleta signata Warren, 1912
  • Chloridea armigera ab. hawaiiensis Strand, 1916
  • Chloridea obsoleta (misidentification)
  • Heliothis obsoleta (misidentification)
  • Heliothis armigera (misidentification)
  • Chloridea armigera (misidentification)
  • Heliothis conferta (misidentification)

Helicoverpa hawaiiensis, the Hawaiian bud moth, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Altus Lacy Quaintance and Charles Thomas Brues in 1905. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, Nihoa and Necker Island.

Recorded food plants include Gnaphalium and Sida species.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5705263 entry