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Heliothis maritima (shoulder-striped clover)

Synonyms: Heliothis albida (heterotypic); Heliothis ferruginea; Heliothis obscura (heterotypic); Heliothis septentrionalis; Heliothis spergulariae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Shoulder-striped Clover (Heliothis maritima) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe, Ukraine, southern Russia and southern Siberia, Transbaikalia, Turkey, central Asia, China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Mongolia, northern India, Pakistan, the Russian Far East (Primorye, southern Khabarovsk, the Amur region, southern Sakhalin and the southern Kuriles). The wingspan is 30–36 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in western Europe. Recorded food plants include Spergula, Spergularia, Calluna and Erica.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Calluna vulgaris (heather)[1]
Erica tetralix (crossleaf heath)[1]
Narthecium ossifragum (Bog Asphodel)[1]
Spergularia media media (media sandspurry)[1]

Predators

Triorla interrupta[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
2Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0