Open AccessA NEW AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF HELIOTHIS OCHSENHEIMER (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)
Author(s) -
Common I. F. B.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1985.tb00208.x
Subject(s) - noctuidae , lepidoptera genitalia , biology , heliothis , subgenus , key (lock) , male genitalia , zoology , botany , ecology , taxonomy (biology)
A new species of Heliothis (subgenus Helicoverpa Hardwick), based on adults from widely separated localities in southern Australia, is described as H. prepodes. Adults, including the genitalia of both sexes, are figured and a key to the Australian species of Heliothis is provided.