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THE BIOLOGICAL STATUS OF "HELIOTHIS STOMBLERI"

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. F. Hardwick
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa

Abstract

Heliothis stombleri, recently described as a new species from California, is shown to be an aberration of the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). The aborted condition of the genitalia in the form is probably under genetic control.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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References

Hardwick, D. F. 1965. The corn earworm complex. Mem. ent. Soc. Can., No. 40.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Okumura, G. T., and Bauer, W. R.. 1969. A new species of Heliothis resembling Heliothis zea (Boddie), corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Occ. Pap. Bur. Ent. Calif., No. 18.Google Scholar