Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Plusiinae (subfamily)/  Argyrogrammatini (tribe)/  Ctenoplusia (genus)/  Ctenoplusia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1858)
Citation:	Plusia fracta
Original genus:	Plusia
Publication:	Walker F. 1858a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XII.– Noctuidae.
Journal:	—
Volume:	12 (1857)
Issue:
Pagination:	920–921
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39340395

Ctenoplusia fracta (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, leg. J. Richardson.

Distribution note:

Palaeacrtic: Spain (Canary Islands, only 1 observation in 1909, see H. Rebel 1910a: 328).

Rebel H. 1910a. Sechster Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna der Kanaren.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Burkina Faso		Behounek G. & Ronkay L. 1989. Beitrag zur Verbreitung der Plusiinae Afrikas (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 27
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Cameroon		Dufay C. 1977a. Noctuidae (Plusiinae). – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 45
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Walker F. 1858a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XII.– Noctuidae. page 921
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	page RMCA
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Ethiopia		Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 349
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Kenya		Hampson G. F. 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. page 460
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Madagascar		Berio E. 1956b. Contribution à l'étude des Noctuidae de Madagascar. page 133
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Malawi		Kravchenko V. D., Ronkay L., Behounek G. & Müller G. C. 2015. Plusiinae (excl. Abrostolini) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Ethiopia. A faunistical survey with biogeographical comments. page 243
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Mozambique		Kravchenko V. D., Ronkay L., Behounek G. & Müller G. C. 2015. Plusiinae (excl. Abrostolini) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Ethiopia. A faunistical survey with biogeographical comments. page 243
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Nigeria		Dufay C. 1977a. Noctuidae (Plusiinae). – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 45
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Oman		Behounek G., Ronkay L. & Ronkay G. 2010. Plusiinae II. A taxonomic atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea. page 60
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). page 319
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Senegal		Dufay C. 1977a. Noctuidae (Plusiinae). – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 45
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Somalia		Berio E. 1938b. Spedizione zoologica del Marchese Saverio Patrizi nel Basso Giuba e nell'Oltregiuba Giugno-Agosto 1934. Lista dei lepidotteri eteroceri con note e diagnosi di eteroceri africani. page 194
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 349
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 458
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Tanzania		Kravchenko V. D., Ronkay L., Behounek G. & Müller G. C. 2015. Plusiinae (excl. Abrostolini) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Ethiopia. A faunistical survey with biogeographical comments. page 243
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Uganda		Hampson G. F. 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. page 460
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. page 277
Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)	Zimbabwe		Hampson G. F. 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. page 460

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