- Heliothis ononis
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Heliothis ononis 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Heliothis Species: H. ononis Binomial name Heliothis ononis
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)Synonyms - Noctua ononis [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775
- Melicleptria septentrionalis H. Edwards, 1775
- Heliothis ononidis Guenee, 1775
- Heliothis intensiva (Warren, 1911)
- Heliothis lugubris Klemensiewicz, 1912
The Flax Bollworm (Heliothis ononis) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in China, Kazakstan, central Asia, northern Mongolia (Khangai), the Russian Far East (Primorye, the Amur region, the southern Kuriles), the Korean Peninsula, southern European part of Russia, southern and central Europe, southern and eastern Siberia (Transbaikalia, Yakutia) and Turkey. In North America it is found from south-central Manitoba west to British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories and Yukon and Alaska and south to Colorado.
The wingspan is 24–26 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in North America.
The larvae feed on Linum species.
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