Heliothis transvaalica

Heliothis transvaalica is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Lucas Distant in 1902. It is found in Transvaal of South Africa and in Namibia.

Heliothis transvaalica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Heliothis
Species:
H. transvaalica
Binomial name
Heliothis transvaalica
(Distant, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Masalia transvaalica (Distant, 1902)
  • Timora transvaalica Distant, 1902
  • Timora rosea Gaede, 1915
  • Timora rhodomelaleuca Berio, 1941

This species has a wingspan of 28–30 mm.[1]

References
  1. Gaede, M. (1915). "Neue afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berliner Zoologischen Museums". Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift. Guben. 9:38–40, pl. 1.(in German)
  • Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. Vol. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.


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