Heliocheilus paradoxus

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| name= Paradoxical grass moth

| image = Heliocheilus paradoxus.jpg

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| genus = Heliocheilus

| species = paradoxus

| authority = Grote, 1865

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|Heliocheilus hyperfusca|Strand, 1916

|Heliothis paradoxus|

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Heliocheilus paradoxus, the paradoxical grass moth, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae.Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America, Pl. 52.33f; p. 291, 27 May 2009, {{ISBN|978-0520251977}} It is found from Ontario and British Columbia, south to at least California, Arizona, Texas and Florida.

The wingspan is 24–26 mm.