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Plusiinae
Autographa gamma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
(unranked):
Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Noctuidae
Subfamily:
Plusiinae
Tribes

Abrostolini
Argyrogrammatini
Omorphini
Plusiini

Plusiinae is a smallish (for noctuid standards) subfamily of the moth family Noctuidae. As the Noctuidae appear to be a paraphyletic assemblage, the Plusiinae may eventually be raised to family status (Weller et al. 1994).

References

  • Weller, S.J.; Pashley, D.P.; Martin, J.A. & Constable, J.L. (1994): Phylogeny of noctuoid moths and the utility of combining independent nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Systematic Biology 43: 194–211.
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