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Ctenoplusia orbifer (Guenée, 1865)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Plusiinae (subfamily)/  Argyrogrammatini (tribe)/  Ctenoplusia (genus)/  Ctenoplusia (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Guenée, 1865)
Citation:Plusia orbifer, Gn.
Original genus:Plusia
Publication:Guenée A. M. 1865. Lépidoptères de Madagascar. – In: Vinson A., Voyage à Madagascar au couronnement de Radama II, Annexe F. Lépidoptères.
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Pagination:47–48; pl. 6, fig. 3
URL:https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57815302/f656.item.texteImage
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Ctenoplusia orbifer (1)
Taxonomic note:

The type locality should be Réunion (see C. Dufay 1970a: 187, 1975a: 163, C. Guillermet 2005d: 180–181).

Dufay C. 1970a. Insectes Lépidoptères Noctuidae Plusiinae.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Ctenoplusia orbifer (Guenée, 1865) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Réunion Madagascar, [ex errore, recte Réunion].
Distribution note:

The record of Madagascar Guenée, 1865: 47 (and repeated by a.o. Hampson 1913, Gaede 1937) is a misidentification of Plusia gammaloba Hampson, 1910 (see C. Dufay 1975a: 163).

Dufay C. 1975a. Les Plusiinae de la Réunion (Lep. Noctuidae).
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