Chloridea
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| Chloridea | |
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| Chloridea virescens larva | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit | edit source]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
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