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Ctenoplusia vittata

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Ctenoplusia vittata
Ctenoplusia vittata borbonica
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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).

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