Ctenoplusia vittata

Ctenoplusia vittata
Ctenoplusia vittata borbonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Argyrogrammatini
Genus: Ctenoplusia
Species: C. vittata
Binomial name
Ctenoplusia vittata
Wallengren, 1856
Synonyms
  • Trichoplusia vittata
  • Plusia vittata
  • Abrostola transfixa
  • Habrostola commidendri
  • Trichoplusia transfixa

Ctenoplusia vittata, commonly known as the Streaked Plusia, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Africa (south of the Sahara), the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar, Saint Helena, Tripolitania, the Near East and West Pakistan.

In Réunion is found the sub-spêcies: Ctenoplusia vittata borbonica [Guillermet, 2006)[1]

The wingspan is about 37 mm.

The larvae feed on Solanum crinitum, Erigeron albidus, 'Solanum mauritianum (Solanaceae) and Erigeron albidus (Asteraceae).

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ctenoplusia vittata.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, July 20, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.