Heliothis ye un xéneru de poliyes, les sos canesbes son plagues agrícoles pa cultivos como'l tabacu, algodón, soya o guandul. Delles de les especies que primero se clasificaben nesti xéneru tán agora sol xéneru Helicoverpa.<ref> [http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/field/tobacco_budworm.htm Heliothis virescens (Fabricius)], tobacco budworm on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site</ref> Heliothis at funet izquierda|miniaturadeimagen|275x275px|Gata de Heliothis virescens
Especies Subxéneros Heliothis: Heliothis acesias Felder & Rogenhofer, 1872 Heliothis australis Hardwick, 1994 Heliothis belladonna (H. Edwards, 1881) Heliothis borealis (Hampson, 1903) Heliothis conifera (Hampson, 1913) Heliothis cystiphora (Wallengren, 1860) Heliothis flavescens (Janse, 1917) Heliothis flavigera (Hampson, 1907) Heliothis fuscimacula (Janse, 1917) Heliothis hoarei Matthews, 1999 Heliothis lucilinea Walker, 1858 Heliothis maritima Graslin, 1855 Heliothis metachrisea (Hampson, 1903) Heliothis melanoleuca Mitchell, 1997 Heliothis molochitina (Berg, 1882) Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, Heliothis ononis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Heliothis oregonica (H. Edwards, 1875) Heliothis pauliani Viette, 1959 Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Heliothis perstriata (Brandt, 1941) Heliothis philbyi (Brandt, 1941) Heliothis phloxiphaga Grote & Robinson, 1867 Heliothis proruptus Grote, 1873 Heliothis punctifera Walker, 1857 Heliothis roseivena (Walker, 1866) Heliothis scutuligera Guenée, 1852 Heliothis sturmhoefeli Draudt, 1927 Heliothis subflexa (Guenée, 1852) Heliothis tergemina (C. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Heliothis virescens (Fabricius, 1777) Heliothis viriplaca (Hufnagel, 1766) Heliothis xanthia Angulo y Olivares, 1999 Heliothis xanthiata Walker, 1865
Subxéneros Masalia: Heliothis albida (Hampson, 1905) Heliothis albipuncta (Hampson, 1910) Heliothis cruentata (Moore, 1881) Heliothis decorata (Moore, 1881) Heliothis disticta (Hampson, 1902) Heliothis galatheae (Wallengren, 1856) Heliothis leucosticta (Hampson, 1902) Heliothis nubila (Hampson, 1903) Heliothis philbyi (Brandt, 1941) Heliothis perstriata (Brandt, 1941) Heliothis quilengesi Seymour, 1972 Heliothis sublimis (Berio, 1962) Heliothis transvaalica (Distant, 1902) Heliothis uncta (Swinhoe, 1885)
Subxéneros Timora (tamién tratáu como un xéneru aparte): Ver: Timora Referencies
Enllaces esternos 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. Full article: PDF 1966: Opinion 789. Rejection of the pamphlet by J. Hübner, 1808, entitled Erste Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 23(5): 213-220. ISSN: 0007-5167 BioStor 1985: Opinion 1312. Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Insecta: Lepidoptera): gender and stem designated. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 42: 158-159. ISSN: 0007-5167 BioStor
; ; 1993: A revision and cladistic analysis of the Heliothis virescens species-group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with a preliminary morphometric analysis of Heliothis virescens. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station technical bulletin'', (185)
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