Ctenoplusia vittata

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Ctenoplusia vittata
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Ctenoplusia vittata borbonica
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ctenoplusia
Species:
C. vittata
Binomial name
Ctenoplusia vittata
Synonyms
  • Trichoplusia vittata
  • Plusia vittata
  • Abrostola transfixa
  • Habrostola commidendri
  • Trichoplusia transfixa

Ctenoplusia vittata, commonly known as the streaked plusia, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. 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-species: 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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