Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1792)

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FAMILY Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY Plusiinae
GENUS Argyrogramma
SPECIES signata
AUTHOR(Fabricius, 1792)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONN.[octua] signata
TYPE LOCALITYIndia, "Habitat in India", leg. Koenig.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype, ZMUC, not found (see C. Dufay 1970a: 152, C. Guillermet 2005d: 163).
STATUS Species
COMMENTTransferred to Argyrogramma by C. Dufay (1970a: 152).
PUBLICATION Fabricius J. C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis synonymis, Locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. - — 3(2):1-349.
PAGINATION 81 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
diminuta (Walker, 1865) Synonym of species
hainanensis Chou & Lu, 1979 Synonym of species
sokutsuna (Strand, 1920) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Burkina Faso   Behounek G. & Ronkay L. 1989. Beitrag zur Verbreitung der Plusiinae Afrikas (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 38:21-30. 22
Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Dufay C. 1982a. Les Plusiinae de l'archipel des Comores (Lep. Noctuidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 87(5-6):220-228. 226
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga   RMCA
Côte d'Ivoire   Behounek G. & Ronkay L. 1989. Beitrag zur Verbreitung der Plusiinae Afrikas (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 38:21-30. 22
Eritrea   Berio E. 1941b. Contributo alla studio dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea VII. Euchromiidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Lymantriidae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae raccolte dal sig. G. Vaccaro nel 1938. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 61:176-190. 189
Ethiopia   Kravchenko V. D., Ronkay L., Behounek G. & Müller G. C. 2015. Plusiinae (excl. Abrostolini) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Ethiopia. A faunistical survey with biogeographical comments. - Zootaxa 4013(2):235-251. 241
Gambia     R. Goff
Ghana   Wojtusiak J. 1996b. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part II. Acontiinae, Euteliinae, Stictoperinae, Sarrothripinae, Chloephorinae, Plusiinae. - Lambillionea 96(3):536-541. 541
Madagascar   Fletcher T. B. 1910a. Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) Zool. 13(1):265-324, pl. 17. 278
Mauritania   Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). - Esperiana Memoir 5:97-168. 123
Mauritius   Fletcher T. B. 1910a. Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) Zool. 13(1):265-324, pl. 17. 278
Nigeria   Behounek G. & Ronkay L. 1989. Beitrag zur Verbreitung der Plusiinae Afrikas (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 38:21-30. 22
Oman   Behounek G., Ronkay L. & Ronkay G. 2010. Plusiinae II. A taxonomic atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea. - — 4:1-280, incl. 39 colour plates. 47
Réunion   Guenée A. M. 1862. Lépidoptères. - In: Maillard, L., Notes sur l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon) (Annexe G). - — :1-72; pls. 12-13. 41
Seychelles Mahé Joannis J. de 1894. Mission scientifique de Ch. Alluaud des îles Seychelles. - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 63:425-438. 433
Seychelles   Wojtusiak J. 1996b. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part II. Acontiinae, Euteliinae, Stictoperinae, Sarrothripinae, Chloephorinae, Plusiinae. - Lambillionea 96(3):536-541. 541
Sierra Leone   Walker F. 1865c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIII.- Supplement Part 3. - — 33:i-iv, 707-1120. 837 (as diminuta)
South Africa   Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255-446. 347
São Tomé & Príncipe São Tomé Prout A. E. 1927. A list of Noctuidae with descriptions of new forms collected in the island of São Thomé by T. A. Barns. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 75:201-232, pl. 1. 222
Tanzania   Wojtusiak J. 1996b. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part II. Acontiinae, Euteliinae, Stictoperinae, Sarrothripinae, Chloephorinae, Plusiinae. - Lambillionea 96(3):536-541. 541
Uganda   Wojtusiak J. 1996b. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part II. Acontiinae, Euteliinae, Stictoperinae, Sarrothripinae, Chloephorinae, Plusiinae. - Lambillionea 96(3):536-541. 541
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. - Esperiana 7:267-282, pls. 7-9. 277
Zambia   Wojtusiak J. 1996b. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part II. Acontiinae, Euteliinae, Stictoperinae, Sarrothripinae, Chloephorinae, Plusiinae. - Lambillionea 96(3):536-541. 541

Notes:  Australasia: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu; Oriental: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Sumatra), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sunda Islands, Taiwan, Thailand; Palaearctic: Canary Islands, China.

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Myrtaceae Eucalyptus sp. Mauritania Hacker H. H. & Hausmann A. 2010. Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). - Esperiana Memoir 5:97-168. 123
Solanaceae Nicotiana sp. Madagascar Dufay C. 1968a. Descriptions de nouvelles espèces de Plusiinae de Madagascar (Lep. Noctuidae). - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 37(5):195-212. 155
Undefined Undefined polyphagous Ethiopia Kravchenko V. D., Ronkay L., Behounek G. & Müller G. C. 2015. Plusiinae (excl. Abrostolini) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Ethiopia. A faunistical survey with biogeographical comments. - Zootaxa 4013(2):235-251. 241
Commelinaceae Commelina benghalensis Réunion Bippus M. 2020a. Review of the Genus Orygocera Walsingham, 1897 from the Mascarenes with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae, Stenomatinae). - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 48(191):403-409. 73
Brassicaceae Brassica oleracea East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 191
Solanaceae Solanum betaceum East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 191
Solanaceae Nicotiana tabacum East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 191