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11 Records
Status
"American tropics. Migrants from coast to coast in the south and north to Colorado, Nebraska, Kentucky." (BugGuide) Formerly placed in the genus Heliothis.
Relationships
Larvae use hosts in the potato family (Solanaceae).
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A Subflexus Straw Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/15/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Subflexus Straw Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/8/2010).
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Bob Patterson.
A Subflexus Straw Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8//2002).
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Larry Line.
Source: Wikipedia
Chloridea subflexa | |
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Chloridea subflexa seconds after hatching | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Heliothinae |
Genus: | Chloridea (Guenée, 1852) |
Species: | C. subflexa
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Binomial name | |
Chloridea subflexa (Guenée, 1852)
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Chloridea subflexa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from most of the United States, throughout the Antilles, and south to Argentina.[1]
The MONA or Hodges number for Chloridea subflexa is 11070.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Chloridea subflexa". Retrieved 2020-12-15.
External links
[edit]- Determinants of host use and fitness of Heliothis subflexa, a specialized herbivore
- Moths of Belize
- "Heliothis subflexa (Guenée, 1852)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- Large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Noctuidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, Hyblaeidae, Cossidae)