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Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri

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Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ctenoplusia
Species:
C. dorfmeisteri
Binomial name
Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Plusia dorfmeisteri Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Plusia rhodochrysa de Joannis, 1906
  • Plusia siculifera Holland, 1894

Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in western, central and southern Africa, where it's known from Congo, Nigeria, Gabon, Ghana, South Africa, Mauritius, Réunion and from Yemen.[1]

It has a wingspan of 30 mm.[2]

The synonymation of Ctenoplusia rhodochrysa de Joannis, 1906 (from Réunion/Mauritius) is disputed and needs further examination.

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 8, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ (in French) de Joannis, 1906. "Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux de l'île Maurice". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 75(2):171-172