Heliothis galatheae is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1856. It is found all over Africa, including South Africa to Ethiopia and the Gambia.

Heliothis galatheae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Heliothis
Species:
H. galatheae
Binomial name
Heliothis galatheae
(Wallengren, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Leocyma galatheae Wallengren, 1856
  • Alaria lanceolata Walker, 1865
  • Adisura splendens Druce, 1887
  • Adisura imitata Druce, 1889
  • Curubasa depicta Swinhoe, 1891
  • Timora nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1925
  • Timora lancea Berio, 1953
  • Masalia galatheae bechuana Seymour, 1972
  • Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Thria galatheae (Wallengren, 1856)
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