Subflexus Straw Moth
Chloridea subflexa (Guenée, 1852)
Subflexus Straw Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7977
Synonyms
Heliothis subflexa  Hodges #11070 
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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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Source: Wikipedia

Chloridea subflexa
Chloridea subflexa seconds after hatching
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Heliothinae
Genus: Chloridea
(Guenée, 1852)
Species:
C. subflexa
Binomial name
Chloridea subflexa
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Aspila subflexa Guenée, 1852
Chloridea subflexa

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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Chloridea subflexa". Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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