Helicoverpa hawaiiensis

Helicoverpa hawaiiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Helicoverpa
Species: H. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Helicoverpa hawaiiensis
(Quaintance & Brues, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Chloridea armigera hawaiiensis
  • Chloridea obsoleta signata
  • Heliothis hawaiiensis (Quaintance and Brues, 1905)
  • Heliothis obsoleta var. hawaiiensis Quaintance and Brues, 1905
  • Chloridea obsoleta signata Warren, 1912
  • Chloridea armigera ab. hawaiiensis Strand, 1916
  • Chloridea obsoleta (misidentification)
  • Heliothis obsoleta (misidentification)
  • Heliothis armigera (misidentification)
  • Chloridea armigera (misidentification)
  • Heliothis conferta (misidentification)

Helicoverpa hawaiiensis, the Hawaiian bud moth, is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, Nihoa and Necker Island.

Recorded foodplants include Gnaphalium and Sida species.


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