Helicoverpa hawaiiensis

Helicoverpa hawaiiensis, the Hawaiian bud moth, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Altus Lacy Quaintance and Charles Thomas Brues in 1905. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, Nihoa and Necker Island.

Helicoverpa hawaiiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Helicoverpa
Species:	H. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Helicoverpa hawaiiensis (Quaintance & Brues, 1905)
Synonyms
Chloridea armigera hawaiiensis Chloridea obsoleta signata Heliothis hawaiiensis (Quaintance and Brues, 1905) Heliothis obsoleta var. hawaiiensis Quaintance and Brues, 1905 Chloridea obsoleta signata Warren, 1912 Chloridea armigera ab. hawaiiensis Strand, 1916 Chloridea obsoleta (misidentification) Heliothis obsoleta (misidentification) Heliothis armigera (misidentification) Chloridea armigera (misidentification) Heliothis conferta (misidentification)

Recorded food plants include Gnaphalium and Sida species.

External links

• Bishop Museum - Arthropod Checklist
• Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.