Genus Heliocheilus Grote, 1865
- Heliocheilus Grote, A.R. 1865. Description of North American Lepidoptera - No. 6. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4: 315-330 [328].
Type species:
Heliocheilus paradoxus Grote, 1865 by monotypy. - Raghuva Moore, F. 1881. Descriptions of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 326-380, 2 pls [362].
Type species:
Leucania confertissima Walker, 1865 by monotypy. - Rhodosea Grote, A.R. 1883. New species and notes on structure of moths and genera. The Canadian Entomologist 15: 3-13 [4].
Type species:
Rhodosea julia Grote, 1883 by monotypy. - Canthylidia Butler, A.G. 1886. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886(4): 381-441, pls 9-10 [406].
Type species:
Canthylidia pallida Butler, 1886 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Matthews, M. 1999. Heliothinae moths of Australia. A guide to pest bollworms and related noctuid groups. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera 7: i-x, 1-320, CD-ROM [150]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan, occurring predominantly in semi-arid tropical and subtropical areas.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
History of changes
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