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Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Plusiinae (subfamily)/  Argyrogrammatini (tribe)/  Vittaplusia (genus)/  Vittaplusia (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Wallengren, 1856)
Citation:Plusia vittata n. sp.
Original genus:Plusia
Publication:Wallengren H. D. J. 1856. Anteckningar I Zoologien. I. Kafferlandets Macrolepidoptera-fauna.
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Pagination:63
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Vittaplusia vittata (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Vittaplusia (Vittaplusia) by G. Behounek et al. (2010: 75).

Behounek G., Ronkay L. & Ronkay G. 2010. Plusiinae II. A taxonomic atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Syntype unknown SNHM Syntypes, SNHM. South Africa [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Caffraria, leg. J. A. Wahlberg.
Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Canary Islands, Cyprus, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Libya. Records from India and Pakistan are misidentifications of C. albostriata (see G. Behounek et al. 2010: 75).

Behounek G., Ronkay L. & Ronkay G. 2010. Plusiinae II. A taxonomic atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Botswana Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 221
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Burundi page RMCA
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Cabo Verde Santo Antão Traub B. & Bauer E. 1982. Zur Macro-Lepidopteren-Fauna der Kapverdische Inseln. – In: Lobin W., Ergebnisse des 1. Symposiums "Fauna und Flora der Kapverdischen Inseln". page 228 (as transfixa)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Comoros Behounek G. & Ronkay L. 1989. Beitrag zur Verbreitung der Plusiinae Afrikas (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 22
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga page N. Voaden
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Côte d'Ivoire Behounek G. & Ronkay L. 1989. Beitrag zur Verbreitung der Plusiinae Afrikas (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 22
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Djibouti Dufay C. 1977a. Noctuidae (Plusiinae). – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 43
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Eritrea Berio E. 1939a. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea I. Lista delle specie con descrizioni delle nuove entità raccolte negli anni 1934 al 1937 dal sig. Francesco Vaccaro. page 57 (as transfixa)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Ethiopia Dufay C. 1977a. Noctuidae (Plusiinae). – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 43
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Gambia page R. Goff
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. page 558
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Lesotho Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 172
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Madagascar Pagenstecher A. 1907. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–05. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 2. Systematische Arbeiten, Bd 2,Hft 2 (Lepidoptera Heterocera von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika: Uraniidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Thyrididae, ... page 123 (as oxygramma)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 221
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Mauritius Hampson G. F. 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. page 558
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Mozambique Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 221
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Nigeria Behounek G. & Ronkay L. 1989. Beitrag zur Verbreitung der Plusiinae Afrikas (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 22
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1985a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Noctuidae (Part 4). – In: Büttiker, . (ed.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 6. page 405
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Réunion Viette P. 1957d. Lépidoptères (excepté les Tordeuses et les Géométrides). – In: La Faune entomologique de l'Ile de la Réunion. I. page 197
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Wollaston T. V. 1879. Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Helena, with descriptions of new species. page 230 (as commidendri)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 226
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Wallengren H. D. J. 1856. Anteckningar I Zoologien. I. Kafferlandets Macrolepidoptera-fauna. page 63
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) South Africa Mpumalanga page T. Baron
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) South Africa Western Cape Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 221
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1957b. Notes on Lepidoptera in the eastern Cape Province (Part IV). page 319
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Sudan Kasy F. 1963. Ergebnisse der Zoologischen Nubien-Expedition 1962 Teil XIII Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Quadrifinae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae. page 464 (as albostriata)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) 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 244
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Yemen Socotra Hacker H. H. & Saldaitis A. 2010. Noctuidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) with notes on the fauna of the southern Arabian Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page 203
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Yemen Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. – In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 201
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 221
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. page 558
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1937: 122).

Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Artemisia afra Asteraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 191 (as transfixa)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Callistephus chinensis Asteraceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 71 (as transfixa)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Commidendron robustum Asteraceae Wollaston T. V. 1879. Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Helena, with descriptions of new species. page 230
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Erigeron albidus Asteraceae Réunion Dufay C. 1975a. Les Plusiinae de la Réunion (Lep. Noctuidae). page 158
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Erigeron albidus Asteraceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 233 (as transfixa)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Solanum macranthum Solanaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 233 (as transfixa)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Solanum mauritianum Solanaceae Réunion Dufay C. 1975a. Les Plusiinae de la Réunion (Lep. Noctuidae). page 158
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Syncolostemon densiflorus Lamiaceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 94 (as transfixa)
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) Vernonia sp. Asteraceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on the early stages of certain Heterocera. page 121 (as tranfixa [sic])
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Vittaplusia borbonica (Guillermet, 2005) (Guillermet, 2005) species Synonym Trichoplusia borbonica
Vittaplusia commidendri (Wollaston E., 1879) (Wollaston E., 1879) species Synonym Habrostola commidendri
Vittaplusia transfiixa (Janse, 1917) (Janse, 1917) species Misapplied Phytometra transfiixa
Vittaplusia transfixa (Walker, 1858) (Walker, 1858) species Synonym Abrostola transfixa