Ctenoplusia albostriata
| Eastern streaked plusia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Ctenoplusia |
| Species: | C. albostriata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenoplusia albostriata (Bremer & Grey, 1853) | |
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Ctenoplusia albostriata, the eastern streaked plusia,[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, eastern Asia and the Pacific, including Borneo, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan, most of Australia and New Zealand.[2]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Otto Bremer and William Grey in 1853 and originally named Plusia albostriata.[3] George Hudson, in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, described and illustrated this species under the name Plusia oxygramma.[4][5]
Description
The wingspan is about 30–42 mm. Palpi with short third joint. Hind femur of male not tufted with long hair. Head and thorax and forewings are full brown with a grey tinge. Sub-basal, antemedial and postmedial waved lines are brownish and indistinct. Orbicular narrow, elongate and brownish with white edges. There is a white streak found on median nervure conjoined to a brown streak with pale edges on vein 2, terminating at the postmedial line. A dark dentate submarginal line present. Hindwings fuscous with pale base.[6][7]
The larvae feed on various plants, including Conyza bonariensis and several other Asteraceae species, as well as Dichrostachys cinerea. Other recorded food plants include Erigeron, Symphytum, Calystegia, Elephantopus, Calendula, Callistephus, Dahlia, Solidago, Aster, Abelia, Dichrocephala and Polygonum.[8]
Distribution
This species is a regular immigrant to New Zealand and is likely established in the north of that country.[9]
References
- ↑ "Eastern streaked plusia (Ctenoplusia albostriata)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ "エゾギクキンウワバ Ctenoplusia albostriata (Bremer & Grey, 1853)". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ Otto Bremer; William Grey (1853), Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna des Nordlichen China's & St Petersburg (in German), p. 18, OCLC 31842804, Wikidata Q140038710
- ↑ Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 213. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ↑ Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 80, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ "Ctenoplusia albostriata (Bremer & Grey, 1853)". Butterfly House. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ctenoplusia albostriata food plants". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ K. J. Fox (January 1978). "The Transoceanic Migration of Lepidoptera to New Zealand — A History and a Hypothesis on Colonisation". New Zealand Entomologist. 6 (4): 368–380. doi:10.1080/00779962.1978.9722295. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q105737852.
External links
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Caterpillar Hostplants Database (as Agrapha albostriata)
- Pheromones and Semiochemicals of Ctenoplusia albostriata