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Helicoverpa hawaiiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Helicoverpa |
Species: | H. hawaiiensis |
Binomial name | |
Helicoverpa hawaiiensis (Quaintance & Brues, 1905) | |
Synonyms | |
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Helicoverpa hawaiiensis, the Hawaiian bud moth, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Altus Lacy Quaintance and Charles Thomas Brues in 1905. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, Nihoa and Necker Island.
Recorded food plants include Gnaphalium and Sida species.
External links
- Bishop Museum - Arthropod Checklist Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Helicoverpa hawaiiensis |
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