Heliothis ye un xéneru de poliyes, les sos canesbes son plagues agrícoles pa cultivos como'l tabacu, algodón, soya o guandul. Delles de les especies que primeramente se clasificaben nesti xéneru tán agora sol xéneru Helicoverpa.[1][2]
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ICZN 1966: Opinion 789. Rejection of the pamphlet by J. Hübner, 1808, entitled Erste Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 23(5): 213-220. ISSN: 0007-5167 BioStor
Poole, R.W.; Mitter, C.; Huettel, M. 1993: A revision and cladistic analysis of the Heliothis virescens species-group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with a preliminary morphometric analysis of Heliothis virescens. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station technical bulletin, (185)