Helicoverpa

Helicoverpa Hardwick, 1965

Helicoverpa Hardwick, 1965; 9; TS: Noctua armigera Hübner

Helicoverpa; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Helicoverpa (Heliothinae); Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 401; [NACL], 158; [POOLE]; [MOB12], 75; Yoshimoto, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 49; [AUCL]; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 312; [ALA]; [NE11], 181 (list), 248; [MOB2](checklist) , ; [NACL93], 66; [FE]

Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)

Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia. See [maps]

Heliothis assulta Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2): 178; TL: Tahiti
Heliothis separata Walker, 1857; 691; TL: Navigator's Isles
- = ; [POOLE]; [NE11], 248 (list); [RFEL]
Heliothis temperata Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 689; TL: Hindostan
- = ; [POOLE]; [NE11], 248 (list); [RFEL]
Heliothis succinea Moore, 1881; Bombay
- = ; [POOLE]; [NE11], 248 (list); [RFEL]
Chloridea richinii Berio, 1939; 164; TL: Eritrea, Adi Abuna
Helicoverpa assulta afra Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 9; TL: Ivory Coast, Bingerville
- = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]

Helicoverpa (group zea) assulta; [NE11], 248 (list)
Helicoverpa assulta afra; [NE11], 248 (list); [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Helicoverpa assulta assulta; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 401
Helicoverpa assulta; Hardwick, 1965, Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 120; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo Kinabalu: 8; [POOLE]; [MOB12]: 76, pl. 1, f. 69; [AUCL]; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Helicoverpa richinii; [NE11], 248 (note); [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Heliothis assulta; Yoshimoto, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 70, pl. 109, f. 4
Heliothis richinii; [POOLE]

Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1805])

EU, AF, Tropical Asia. See [maps] American Bollworm Hukkavaellusyökkönen Scarce Bordered Straw

Noctua armigera Hübner, [1805]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [4]: pl. 79, f. 370
Heliothis fusca Cockerell, 1889

Helicoverpa (group armigera) armigera; [NE11], 248 (list), 250
Helicoverpa armigera rufa; [iNaturalist]
Helicoverpa armigera; [POOLE]; Yoshimoto, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 97, pl. 14, f. 21; Yoshimoto, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 49; [MOB12]: 75, pl. 1, 8, f. 67, 70, 71; [AUCL]; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 312; Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001, Esperiana 8: 665; [RFEL]; [NACL93d], #2045.1; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [MOB] ; [AFM] ; [SVF] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Heliothis armigera; Meyrick, 1887, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 19: 34; [SPRK], 86

839x723 (~92Kb) Russia, Moscow, 4.9.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

998x454 (~81Kb) Russia, Moscow, 4.9.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

633x730 (~97Kb) Russia, Moscow, 10.9.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

H. a. armigera

Noctua barbara Fabricius, 1794; Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 111 (suppr.); TL: Barbaria
- = Helicoverpa armigera; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
- = ; [NE11], 250
Heliothis conferta Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 690; TL: New Zealand
- = Heliothis armigera; Meyrick, 1887, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 19: 34
- = Helicoverpa armigera; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
- = ; [NE11], 250
Heliothis pulverosa Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 688; TL: Cape
- = Helicoverpa armigera; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
- = ; [NE11], 250
Heliothis uniformis Wallengren, 1860; 171; TL: Caffraria
- = Helicoverpa armigera; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
- = ; [NE11], 250
Heliothis guidellii Constantini, 1922; 99; TL: Italy, Agro Mutinensi
- = ; [NE11], 250
Heliothis rama Bhattacherjee & Gupta, 1972; 147; TL: India, Nagpur
- = Helicoverpa armigera; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
- = ; [NE11], 250

Helicoverpa armigera armigera; [NE11], 250
Helicoverpa armigera conferta; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 401; [LepIndex]; [iNaturalist]
Helicoverpa guidellii; [LepIndex]
Heliothis guidellii; [POOLE]

H. a. commoni Hardwick, 1965 Canton I.

Helicoverpa armigera commoni Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 101; TL: Canton Island
- = Helicoverpa armigera; [POOLE]

Helicoverpa armigera commoni; [NE11], 250 (note); [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa atacamae Hardwick, 1965

Chile. See [maps]

Helicoverpa atacamae Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 81, f. 106-107; TL: Chile, Quebrada de Canaral

Helicoverpa atacamae; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa bracteae Hardwick, 1965

Paraguay. See [maps]

Helicoverpa bracteae Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 74; TL: Paraguay, Villarrica

Helicoverpa bracteae; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa confusa Hardwick, 1965

Hawaii. See [maps]

Helicoverpa confusa Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 116, f. 123-124; TL: Hawaiian Is., Lanai

Helicoverpa confusa; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa fletcheri Hardwick, 1965

Niger. See [maps]

Helicoverpa fletcheri Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 129, f. 132-133; TL: Niger, N.Damergou, Aberbissinat

Helicoverpa fletcheri; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa gelotopoeon (Dyar, 1921)

Argentina (Tucuman). See [maps]

Thyreion gelotopoeon Dyar, 1921; 60; TL: Argentina, Tucuman
Thyreion lizeri Köhler, 1939; 450; TL: Argentina, Cordoba, Los Cocos
- = ; [POOLE]

Helicoverpa gelotopoeon; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa hawaiiensis (Qauaintance & Brues, 1905)

Hawaii. See [maps]

Heliothis obsoleta var. hawaiiensis Qauaintance & Brues, 1905; 12; TL: Hawaii
Chloridea obsoleta signata Warren, 1913; 308; TL: Hawaii
- = ; [POOLE]

Helicoverpa hawaiiensis; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa insularis (Walker, 1875) St. Helena Is.

Anchoscelis insularis Walker, 1875; St. Helena: 182; TL: St. Helena
Helicoverpa helenae Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 106, f. 118-119; TL: St. Helena Is., Varneys

Agrochola insularis; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
Helicoverpa (group armigera) helenae; [NE11], 249
Helicoverpa helenae; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Helicoverpa insularis; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa minuta Hardwick, 1965

Hawaii. See [maps]

Helicoverpa minuta Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 118, f. 125-126; TL: Hawaiian Is., Lisianski Is.

Helicoverpa minuta; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa pacifica Hardwick, 1965

Helicoverpa pacifica Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 119, f. 128; TL: Jarvis Is.

Helicoverpa pacifica; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa pallida Hardwick, 1965

Helicoverpa pallida Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 89, f. 111; TL: Necker Is.
Helicoverpa pallida nihoaensis Hardwick, 1966; 867, f. 2; TL: Nihoa Is.
- = ; [POOLE]
Heliothis neckerensis Todd, 1978; 8 (repl. Helicoverpa pallida Hardwick, 1965)
- = ; [POOLE]

Helicoverpa neckerensis nihoaensis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Helicoverpa neckerensis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Helicoverpa pallida nihoaensis; [iNaturalist]
Helicoverpa pallida pallida; [iNaturalist]
Helicoverpa pallida; [POOLE]; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa prepodes (Common, 1985)

Heliothis prepodes Common, 1985; J. Aust. ent. Soc. 24 (2): 131, f. 2-8; TL: Queensland, Samford

Helicoverpa prepodes; [AUCL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren, 1860)

Australia. See [maps]

Heliothis punctigera Wallengren, 1860; 171; TL: New Holland
Chloridea marmada Swinhoe, 1918; 65; TL: Australia, Roebourne
- = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]

Helicoverpa punctigera; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Heliothis punctigera; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa sugii Yoshimatsu, 2004 Ogasawara Is.

Helicoverpa sugii Yoshimatsu, 2004; Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 55 (1): 34, f. 1-9; TL: Komagari, Chichi-jima

Helicoverpa sugii; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa tibetensis Hardwick, 1965

Tibet. See [maps]

Helicoverpa tibetensis Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 131, f. 136; TL: Tibet, Gyantse

Helicoverpa (group zea) tibetensis; [NE11], 248 (list)
Helicoverpa tibetensis; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa titicacae Hardwick, 1965

Peru. See [maps]

Helicoverpa titicacae Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 75, f. 101; TL: Peru, Lake Titicaca, Chucuito

Helicoverpa titicacae; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa toddi Hardwick, 1965

Madagascar. See [maps]

Helicoverpa toddi Hardwick, 1965; Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40: 128, f. 134-135; TL: Madagascar, Diego Suarez

Helicoverpa toddi; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)

New York, ..., California, .... See [maps]

Phalaena zea Boddie, 1850; 132
Bombyx obsoleta Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 456 (preocc. Bombyx obsoleta Fabricius, 1775); TL: Americae meridionalis Insulis
- = Heliothis zea; [NACL], #11068; [POOLE]
Heliothis umbrosus Grote, 1862; 219; TL: New York, Long Island
- = Heliothis zea; [NACL], #11068; [POOLE]
Heliothis ochracea Cockerell, 1889
- = Heliothis zea; [NACL], #11068
Heliothis stombleri Okumura & Bauer, 1969; 2, f. 1; TL: California, Yolo Co., Davis
- = ; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2045

Helicoverpa obsoleta; [iNaturalist]
Helicoverpa zea; [NACL93], #2045; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 47; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]
Heliothis stombleri; [NACL], #11069; [iNaturalist]
Heliothis zea; [NACL], #11068

References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[ALA]
Atlas of Living Australia
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[FE] Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[JHS]
Japan Heterocerits's Society; (Back Issues); Tinea vols 10-20
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MOB] Holloway & Barlow
Online version of; Moths of Borneo
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[PNWM]
Pacific Northwest Moths
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[ZOOKEYS]
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Sixiéme. Noctuélites. Tome 2 Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 1-443, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 1-24 (1858)
Cock, 2017
A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies Insecta Mundi 585 : 1-58
Common, 1985
A new Australian species of Heliothis Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) J. Aust. ent. Soc. 24 (2): 129-133
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
Fabricius, 1794
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (2) : 1-349
[NE11]; Fibiger, Ronkay, Steiner & Zilli, 2009
Noctudae Europaeae 11: Pantheinae, Dilobinae, Acronictinae, Eustrotiinae, Nolinae, Bagisarinae, Acontiinae, Metoponiinae, Heliothinae and Bryophilinae Noct. Eur. 11
Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001
The Noctuidae material collected by Péter Gyulai & Adrienne Garai in the Qinghai region, China, in 1999 (Lepidoptera) Esperiana 8 : 655-700
Hacker, 2001
Fauna of the Nolidae and Noctuidae of the Levante with descriptions and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Appendix: Revision Genus Clytie, Hübner, [1823] Esperiana 8 : 7-315, (Appendix): 316-398
Hardwick, 1965
The Corn Earworm Complex Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, no. 40 : 1-247
Yoshimoto in Haruta, 1994
Moths of Nepal 3 Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1) : 1-2 (Horie), : 3-40 (Yazaki), : 41-62 (Sato), : 63-84 (Kishida), : 85-139 (Yoshimoto), : 140-160 (Haruta), : 161-170 (Sugi), : pl. 65-96
Yoshimoto in Haruta, 1995
Moths of Nepal 4 Tinea 14 (suppl. 2) : 1 (Horie,Yazaki), : 2-27 (Yazaki), : 28-37 (Sato), : 38-48 (Kishida), : 49-88 (Yoshimoto), : 89 (Haruta), : 90-118 (Sugi), : 119-139 (Inoue), : 140-147 (Nakajima), : 148-149 (Sakurai), : 150-181 (Robinson), : 182-193 (Yamanaka), : 194-206 (Arita & Gorbunov), : pl. 97-128
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Holloway, 1976
Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu Moths of Borneo Kinabalu : 1-264
Holloway, 1979
A survey of the Lepidoptera, Biogeography and Ecology of New Caledonia Series Entom. 15 : 1-588, pl. 1-87
[MOB12]; Holloway, 1989
The Moths of Borneo 12: Family Noctuidae, trifine subfamilies: Noctuinae, Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae Malayan Nature J. 42 (2-3) : 57-225
[MOB2]; Holloway, 2011
Moths of Borneo 2. Phautidae, Himantopteridae, Zygaeninae, Complete Checklist, Checlist notes, Historical Appendix Malayan Nature J. 63 (1-2) : 1-545
Hübner, [1805]
Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. IV. Noctuae - Eulen ("Dritte Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [4] : 155-194, : pl. 1-74, f. 1-345 (1800-1803), : pl. 75-86, f. 346-405 (1803-1808), : pl. 87-96, f. 406-455 (1808-1809), : pl. 97-134, f. 456-615 (1809-1813), : pl. 135-139, f. 616-638 (1814-1817), : pl. 140-141, f. 639-647 (1818-1819), : pl. 142-150, f. 648-697 (1819-1822), : pl. 151, f. 698-703 (1823), : pl. 152-156, f. 704-732 (1823-1824), : pl. 157, f. 733-736 (1825-1826), : pl. 158-160, f. 737-752 (1827-1828), : pl. 161-162, f. 753-765 (1828-1830), : pl. 163-169, f. 766-802 (1828-1832), : pl. 170-171, f. 803-812 (1832-1833), : pl. 172-176, f. 813-839 (1834), : pl. 177-179, f. 840-853 (1834-1835), : pl. 180, f. 854-858 (1834-1835), : pl. 181, f. 859-863 (1836), : pl. 182, f. 864-868 (1836-1838), : pl. 183, f. 869-873 (1837-1838), : pl. 184-185, f. 874-882 (1838), : [7], 8-24 (1834)
[NACL93]; Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010
Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico ZooKeys 40 : 1-239
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Meyrick, 1887
Monograph of New Zealand Noctuina Trans. New Zealand Inst. 19 : 3-40
[AUCL]; Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: 1-529
[POOLE]; Poole, 1989
Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: Noctuidae Lepid. cat. (n.s.) 118:
[NACL93d]; Schmidt, Lafontaine & Troubridge, 2018
Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV Zookeys 788 : 241-252
[SPRK]; Seppänen, 1970
Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit Animalia Fennica 14
Walker, 1857
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 1-252 (1856), 10: 253-492 ([1857]), 11: 493-764 (1857), 12: 765-982 ([1858]), 13: 983-1236 ([1858]), 14: 1237-1520 (1858), 15: 1521-1888 (1858)
Yoshimatsu & Takeuchi, 2004; Yoshimatsu in Yoshimatsu & Takeuchi, 2004
Description of Helicoverpa sugii sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Heliothinae) from the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, Japan, with brief biological notes Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 55 (1) : 34-38

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