Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Tobacco Budworm Moth
Chloridea virescens

Observation date: July 23, 2023
Submitted by: Team-Chick
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Host plant was tobacco
Status: Resident
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: August 19, 2023
Coordinator notes: <i>Chloridea virescens</i> (Fabricius, 1777) was formerly placed in the genus <i>Heliothis</i>. The new generic combination from Pogue (2013) is followed by Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015), Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2015: 140.
Checklist region(s): United States, Virginia, York County