Genus Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816
- Heliothis Ochsenheimer, F 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Leipzig : Bey G. Fleischer dem Jüngern Vol. 4. [91].
Type species:
Phalaena dipsacea Linnaeus, 1767 by subsequent designation, see Samouelle, G. 1819. The Entomologist's useful Compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British insects. London : R. & A. Taylor 496 pp. [252]. - Heliothentes Ochsenheimer, F 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Leipzig : Bey G. Fleischer dem Jüngern Vol. 4. [91] [unavailable name, published in synonymy].
- Heliotis Sodoffsky, [Sodovskii] C.H.W. 1837. Etymologische Untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge. Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes de Moscou 1837(6): [76]-[99] (separate paginated 1, 4-24) [88] [unjustified emendation].
- Chloridea Duncan, J. [& Westwood, J.O.] 1841. Entomology. Exotic moths. 1-229, 30 pls in Jardine, W. (ed.). The Naturalist's Library. London : Henry G. Bohn Vol. 33 229 pp. 30 pls. [198].
Type species:
Phalaena rhexiae Smith, 1797 by monotypy. - Aspila Guenée, A. 1852. Noctuélites II. In, Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 6 444 pp. [174] [junior homonym of Aspila Stephens, 1834].
Type species:
Noctua virescens Fabricius, 1777 by subsequent designation, see Hampson, G.F. 1903. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 4 xx 689 pp. [34]. - Timora Walker, F. 1856. Noctuidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 9: 1-252 [132].
Type species:
Nonagria senegalensis Guenée, 1852 by monotypy. - Masalia 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 [364].
Type species:
Masalia radiata Moore, 1881 by original designation. - Disocnemis Grote, A.R. 1883. Remarks upon the North American Heliothinae and their recent literature. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 257-268 [263].
Type species:
Melicleptria belladonna Hy. Edwards, 1881 by monotypy. Type species:
Melicleptria belladonna Hy. Edwards, 1881 by monotypy.Type species:
Heliothis punctifera Walker, 1857 by original designation.
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 [146-147]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), King (KIN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
General References
Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [380: Note #743] (Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816. The origin and gender of this generic name, and the correct subfamily name originating from it, were discussed in Steyskal (1971) and ICZN Opinion 1312)
History of changes
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