Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Heliothinae
Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816
Phalaena dipsacea Linnaeus, 1767
= Heliothisa Meigen, 1832: 224 (An unjustified emendation of Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816)
= Heliotis Sodoffsky, 1837 (An unjustified emendation of Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816)
= Chazaria Moore, 1881: 361 (TS: Heliothis incarnata Freyer, [1838] 1839: 91)
= Disocnemis Grote, 1883: 263 (TS: Melicleptria belladonna Edwards, 1881: 20)
= Neocleptria Hampson, 1903: 7, 32 (TS: Heliothis punctifera Walker, 1857: 691)
= Rhodocleptria Hampson, 1903: 33 (TS: Heliothis incarnata Freyer, [1838] 1839: 91) Rhodocleptria is a junior objective synonym of Chazaria Moore, 1881.
= Bifrontipta Berio, 1974: 223 (TS: Bifrontipta saskai Berio, 1974: 224)
= Nubiothis Beck, 1996: 44 (TS: Heliothis nubigera Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]: 366)
= Peltothis Beck, 1996: 44 (TS: Noctua peltigera [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775: 89)
= Heliothentes Ochsenheimer, 1816: 91 (Published as a junior synonym of Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1816, and not subsequently treated as an available name under the Code, Article 1 1 (d))
= Heliothris; Olliff (1890): 125 (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
= Dysocnemis; Grote (1890): 34 (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
Heliothis peltigera Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 (Noctua)
Wien (Austria)
= Phalaena (Bombyx) alphea Cramer, 1780–1782 [1780]: 99, pl. 250, f. F. (TL: Cote de Coromandel [Coromandel Coast] (South India))
= Phalaena (Noctua) florentina Esper, 1788: 422, pl. 135, f. 2 (TL: Florence, Italy (Europe))
= Phalaena charmione Stoll, [1791]: pl. 10, B6 (TL: Cap Prov. (South Africa))
= Phalaena scutigera Borkhausen, 1792: 93
= Phalaena straminea Donovan, 1793: 65, pl. 61 (TL: England (Europe))
= Noctua barbara Fabricius, 1794: 334 (TL: “Barbarei” [Barbaria] (North Africa))
= Heliothis peltigeravar. condolens Schawerda, 1914
= Chloridea peltigeraab. aurantiaca Strand, 1916: 143
= Chloridea peltiger af. clarissima Turati, 1924
= Chloridea peltigera var. insulata Navas, 1924: 35 (TL: Falgars, Girona (Spain))
Distribution
Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Deccan Peninsula, Indian Himalaya, Semi Arid