Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1299631

Tobacco Budworm Moth
Chloridea virescens

Observation date: July 02, 2021
Submitted by: reupurtbones
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: July 10, 2021
Coordinator notes: Now Chloridea virescens (Fabricius, 1777). It was formerly placed in the genus Heliothis. The new generic combination from Pogue (2013) is followed by Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015), Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2015: 140.
Checklist region(s): United States, Kentucky, Metcalfe County