Heliothis maritima

Heliothis • Noctuidae • Noctuoidea • Lepidoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Heliothis adaucta, until 2009 conspecific with Heliothis maritima bulgarica
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Heliothis maritima Graslin

This species includes a number of subspecies which are pests, like the flax budworm (H. m. adaucta) and the fulvous clover moth (H. m. maritima).

For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.

Publications covering Heliothis maritima

Acta Entomologica Sinica (2006) 49, 323-332
Xin-Cheng Zhao and Chen-Zhu Wang (2006)
[Inheritance and evolution of the sex pheromone communication system of lepidopterous moths]

Applied Entomology and Zoology (2003) 38, 73-78
Masashi Kakizaki and Hajime Sugie (2003)
Sex pheromone of the flax budworm, Heliothis maritima adaucta Butler (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)