Chloridea

Chloridea
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.

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.

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