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Genus of moths
Helicoverpa is a genus of
moths in the family
Noctuidae
first described by
David F. Hardwick in 1965.
[1]
[2] Some species are among the worst Lepidopteran
agricultural pests in the world, and three species (H. armigera , H. zea , and H. punctigera ) migrate long distances both with and without human transportation, mixing resistance alleles along the way.
[3]
Extant species
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1805) – cotton bollworm
Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
Helicoverpa atacamae Hardwick, 1965
Helicoverpa fletcheri Hardwick, 1965
Helicoverpa gelotopoeon (Dyar, 1921)
Helicoverpa hardwicki Matthews, 1999
Helicoverpa hawaiiensis Quaintance & Brues, 1905
Helicoverpa helenae Hardwick, 1965
Helicoverpa pallida Hardwick, 1965
Helicoverpa prepodes Common, 1985
Helicoverpa punctigera Wallengren, 1860
Helicoverpa titicacae
Helicoverpa toddi Hardwick, 1965
Helicoverpa zea Boddie, 1850
Extinct species
References
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003).
"Helicoverpa " .
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index .
Natural History Museum . Retrieved 3 April 2024 .
^ Savela, Markku.
"Helicoverpa Hardwick, 1965" . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . Retrieved 3 April 2024 .
^ Jones, Christopher M.; Parry, Hazel; Tay, Wee Tek; Reynolds, Don R.; Chapman, Jason W. (2019-01-07).
"Movement ecology of pest Helicoverpa : implications for ongoing spread" .
Annual Review of Entomology . 64 (1): 277–295.
doi :
10.1146/annurev-ento-011118-111959 .
PMID
30296859 .
S2CID
52944198 .
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