Heliolonche pictipennis

Heliolonche pictipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Heliolonche
Species: H. pictipennis
Binomial name
Heliolonche pictipennis
(Grote, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Heliosea pictipennis Grote, 1875
  • Heliolonche defasciata (Benjamin, 1936)
  • Heliolonche cresina (Smith, 1906)
  • Melicleptria cresina Smith, 1906

Heliolonche pictipennis is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, including California and Arizona.

The wingspan is 16–17 mm.

The larvae feed on Malacothrix glabrata and Rafinesquia neomexicana.


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