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Thysanoplusia (Daubeplusia) daubei Boisduval 1840

Description

* Thysanoplusia (Daubeplusia) daubei (Boisduval, 1840)

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Material examined. Somali region, Jijiga. 1600 m. VIII.2011. Leg. Kravchenko V.; Somali region, Handew. 1800 m. VIII. 2011. Leg. Kravchenko V.

Literature. Behounek et al. 2010; Dufay 1972; Dufay 1978; Goater et al. 2003; Wiltshire 1990.

General distribution pattern. Widespread in subtropical and tropical Asia; also widespread but local in southern Europe, Near East and Arabian Peninsula. In tropical and subtropical Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Distribution in Ethiopia. lowland, steppe species, common in eastern Ethiopia.

Host plants. polyphagous. Recorded on Sonchus, Chondrilla, Cichorium (all Asteraceae) and Mentha (Lamiaceae).

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 239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/234589

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References

  • Behounek, W., Ronkay, L. & Ronkay, G. (2010) Plusiinae 2. A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North Africa Noctuoidea. Vol. 4. Heterocera Press, Budapest, 280 pp.
  • 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. (1978) Descriptions de nouveaux Plusiinae (Lepidopteres, Noctuidae). Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 47 (2), 71 - 76.
  • Goater, B., Ronkay, L. & Fibiger, M. (2003) Catocalinae & Plusiinae. Noctuidae Europaeae. Vol. 10. Entomological Press, Soro, 452 pp.
  • Wiltshire, E. (1990) An Illustrated, Annotated Catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 11, 91 - 287.