Heterorhabditis heliothidis

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Heterorhabditis heliothidis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Heterorhabditidae
Genus: Heterorhabditis
Species:
H. heliothidis
Binomial name
Heterorhabditis heliothidis
(Khan, Brooks & Hirschmann, 1976)

Heterorhabditis heliothidis is a nematode species in the genus Heterorhabditis . [1]

It is a parasite of insects such as the Colorado potato beetle or moths in the genus Crambus .

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