Helicoverpa

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Helicoverpa armigera.jpg

| image_caption = Helicoverpa armigera

| taxon = Helicoverpa

| authority = Hardwick, 1965

}}

Helicoverpa is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae first described by David F. Hardwick in 1965. Some species are among the worst Lepidopteran agricultural pests in the world, and three species (H. armigera, H. zea, and H. punctigera) migrate long distances both with and without human transportation, mixing resistance alleles along the way.{{cite journal | last1=Jones | first1=Christopher M. | last2=Parry | first2=Hazel | last3=Tay | first3=Wee Tek | last4=Reynolds | first4=Don R. | last5=Chapman | first5=Jason W. | title=Movement ecology of pest Helicoverpa: implications for ongoing spread | journal=Annual Review of Entomology | volume=64 | issue=1 | date=2019-01-07 | doi=10.1146/annurev-ento-011118-111959 | pages=277–295| pmid=30296859 | s2cid=52944198 | doi-access=free }}