Chloridea | |
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Chloridea virescens larva | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Heliothinae |
Genus: | Chloridea Duncan & Westwood, 1841 |
Chloridea is a genus of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are at least three described species in Chloridea.[1][2]
The species of Chloridea were formerly members of the genus Heliothis, but were moved to Chloridea when it was reinstated as valid genus as a result of research published in 2013.[2][3]