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* Kogan M, Helm CG, Kogan J, Brewer E (1989) Distribution and economic importance of Heliothis virescens and Heliothis zea in North, Central, and South America and of their Natural Enemies and Host Plants. pp 241-297 In Proceedings of the Workshop on Biological Control of Heliothis: Increasing the effectiveness of natural enemies. USDA.
------ as Helichrysum bracteatum

* Capinera JL (2001) Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) EENY-219 (latest revision Dec. 2018). Featured Creatures. University of Florida. https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/tobacco_budworm.htm
------- common pest of strawflower

* Hambleton EJ (1944) Heliothis virescens as a pest of cotton, with notes on host plants in Peru. Journal of Economic Entomology 37, 660-666.
------- causing damage

* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1091. Pest risk analysis for Chloridea virescens. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HELIVI/documents
------- Main host (evidence that the plant supports populations of the pest in several generations or years, i.e. true hosts, or plant mentioned as common or preferred host – see PRA for further details on the host)

* Severin HHP, Freitag JH (1934) Ornamental flowering plant naturally infected with curly-top and aster-yellows viruses. Hilgardia 8(8), 233-260.

* Koch CK, Waterhouse DF (2000) The distribution and importance of arthropods associated with agriculture and forestry in Chile. ACIAR Monograph no. 68, 234 pp.

* Parrella G, Gognalons P, Gebre-Selassie K, Vovlas C, Marchoux G (2003) An update of the host range of tomato spotted wilt virus. Journal of Plant Pathology 85(4), 227-264.
------- Confirmed host. As Helichrysum bracteatum.

* Zhang SS, Yuan CQ, Liang Y, Shen CZ, Li LF (2023) First report of tomato spotted wilt virus infecting Helichrysum bracteatum in China. Plant Disease (early view). https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-23-0683-PDN
------- Confirmed host. As Helichrysum bracteatum.