Chloridea tergemina is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South America, including Brazil.

Chloridea tergemina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Heliothinae
Genus: Chloridea
Species:
C. tergemina
Binomial name
Chloridea tergemina
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

The larvae feed on various solanaceaeous plants.

The species was formerly a member of the genus Heliothis, but was moved to the reinstated genus Chloridea as a result of genetic and morphological research published in 2013.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Pogue, Michael G. (2013). "Revised status of Chloridea Duncan and (Westwood), 1841, for the Heliothis virescens species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) based on morphology and three genes" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 38. doi:10.1111/syen.12010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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