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Noctuidae 932046 – 11072   Heliothis phloxiphaga Grote & Robinson, 1867              Darker Spotted Straw Moth

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Larva and Host Plants: Host familiy: Asteraceae Geraniaceae Fabaceae Iridaceae Lamiaceae Plantaginaceae[Scrophulariaceae] Polemoniaceae Ranunculaceae Rosaceae Solanaceae.  Host genera: Achillea Antirrhinum Aster[unresolved] Balsamorhiza Chaenactis Delphinium Dieteria[=Machaeranthera] Fragaria Gilia Gladiolus Grindelia Hemizonia Ipomopsis Lactuca Lathyrus Madia Medicago Mentha Parthe...  Notes: flowers & seedheads of various herbaceous plants (Leckie & Beadle 2018); flowering parts of many low-lying annual & perennial broadleaved plants (Powell & Opler 2009); generalist on flowers& seedheads...  (Shropshire & Douglas 2025) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: phloxiphaga Grote & Robinson, 1867 (Heliothis) - MONA 1983: 11072 interjacens Grote, 1880 (Heliothis)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Hardwick, D.F., 1994. A review of the Phloxiphaga group of the genus Heliothis (Noctuidae: Heliothentinae) with description of a new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 48(2): 106-110. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 52.29f; p. 291. Book Review and ordering Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths Species Page at iNaturalist Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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