Heliothis subflexa

DISTRIBUTION: North, Central and South America; Antilles.
TYPE LOCALITY: 'North America'.
BELIZE RECORDS: Pook’s Hill.
METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION: by comparison with figures of the adult and related species in Covell (1984).
NOTES: found throughout North, Central and South America with the similar species H. virescens Fabricius. May generally be distinguished from virescens as the latter species lacks the white lining on the basal side of the median lines on the forewing and the outermost forewing line does reach the apex in subflexus whereas it does not in virescens. The hindwings are generally unmarked pure white in subflexa but have marginal dark markings in virescens. Genitalia are illustrated by Forbes (1954) and general features of marking enabling separation of the related species are discussed by Todd (1978). H. virescens is commonly known as the ‘Tobacco Budworm Moth’ and its larva is a destructive pest of of various Solanaceous crops such as Tobacco.

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