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Family
 
Noctuidae
Sub Family
 
Heliothinae
Description
 
a sub-family of the Noctuidae
Background to Family
 
A small sub-family of uncommon residents or migrants that feed on herbaceous plants or ericaceous shrubs. Species range from being monophagous to widely polyphagous, and include the quarantine pest Helicoverpa armigera, which threatens glasshouse crops in Britain.

 

 


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Notes
 
Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings. New material added from Waring, Townsend & Lewington, 2003. Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, UK.; ;
Notes on Sources
 
Most recent source
 
see family entry

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.

 
Source
 
Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 373
Source
 
Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:297
Source
 
Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:296
Source
 
Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :105
Source
 
Brooks, M.(1987) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 0099 0063-0064:0063
Source
 
Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 374
Source
 
Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:299
Source
 
Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 375
Source
 
Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:295
Source
 
Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:301
Source
 
Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:72
Source
 
Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:73
Source
 
Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:294
Source
 
Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:298
Source
 
Eds. Heath, J. & Emmet, A.M. (1983) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 10 1-459:302
Source
 
Waring, P.(1986) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 98 80-80:80

 

 

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