Published December 31, 2015 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Thysanoplusia (Thysanoplusia) laportei Dufay 1972

Description

Thysanoplusia (Thysanoplusia) laportei (Dufay, 1972)

(Fig. 8, 44, 45, 46)

Material examined. Oromia Region, Guder. 2000 m. V.2009. Leg. Kravchenko V.; Oromia Region, Ambo. 2200 m. V.2009. Leg. Kravchenko V.

Literature. Dufay 1972; Dufay & Laporte 1977.

General distribution pattern. In tropical and subtropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Island Bioko), Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Distribution in Ethiopia. Throughout medium elevations (especially in Shewa region). Rare.

Notes

Published as part of Ronkay, Laszlo, Behounek, Gottfried & Müller, Günter C., 2015, PLusiinae (Excl. Abrostolini) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Ethiopia. A faunistical survey with biogeographical comments, pp. 235-251 in Zootaxa 4013 (2) on page 238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/234589

Files

Files (948 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:8f78a6ee95e481133bd62eab28270435
948 Bytes Download

System files (6.9 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:c10116ab1f62491076181869b57acb84
6.9 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

References

  • Dufay, C. (1972) Descriptions de nouveaux Plusiinae Africains (Lep. Noctuidae) (Note preliminaire). Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 41 (6), 65 - 72; 93 - 104; 105 - 111.
  • Dufay, C., Laporte, B. & Rougeot, P. (1977) Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie, 1973 - 1975, Fasc. 1. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie A, 105 - 150. [Paris]