''Plusiodonta'' is a

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moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

erected by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...

in 1852.

Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. The outer margin more or less angled at vein 4. Inner margin with tufts of scales at center and outer angle, the margin being excised between them. Legs smoothly scaled. Antennae bipectinated in male. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.

Species

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Plusiodonta aborta ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Dognin, 1910 * ''

Plusiodonta achalcea ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Hampson, 1926 * ''

Plusiodonta amado ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in ...

'' Barnes, 1907 (syn: ''Plusiodonta suffusa'' Hill, 1924) * ''

Plusiodonta arctipennis ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Butler, 1886 * ''

Plusiodonta auripicta ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Moore, 1882 * ''

Plusiodonta basirhabdota ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Hampson, 1926 * ''

Plusiodonta casta ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Butler, 1878 * ''

Plusiodonta chalcomera ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Hampson, 1926 * ''

Plusiodonta clavifera ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Walker, 1868 * ''

Plusiodonta cobaltina ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Viette, 1956 * ''

Plusiodonta coelonota ''Plusiodonta coelonota'', the snake vine moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found from India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Australia, Papua New Guinea, to South and So ...

'' Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844 * ''

Plusiodonta commoda ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Walker, 1865 * ''

Plusiodonta compressipalpis ''Plusiodonta compressipalpis'', the moonseed moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America from Minnesota, extreme southern Canada and Connec ...

'' Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852 – moonseed moth * ''

Plusiodonta cupristria ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Kaye, 1922 * ''

Plusiodonta dimorpha ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Robinson, 1975 * ''

Plusiodonta effulgens ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Edwards, 1884 * ''

Plusiodonta euchalcia ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Hampson, 1926 * ''

Plusiodonta excavata ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Guenée, 1862 * ''

Plusiodonta gueneei ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Viette, 1968 * ''

Plusiodonta incitans ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Walker, 1857 * ''

Plusiodonta ionochrota ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Hampson, 1926 * ''

Plusiodonta macra ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Hampson, 1926 * ''

Plusiodonta malagasy ''Plusiodonta malagasy'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar ...

'' Viette, 1968 * ''

Plusiodonta megista ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Hampson, 1926 * ''

Plusiodonta miranda ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Schaus, 1911 * ''

Plusiodonta multicolora ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 * ''

Plusiodonta natalensis ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Walker, 1865 * '' Plusiodonta nictites'' Hampson, 1902 * ''

Plusiodonta nitissima ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Schaus, 1911 * '' Plusiodonta repellens'' Walker, 1857 * ''

Plusiodonta speciosissima ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Holland, 1894 * ''

Plusiodonta stimulans ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Walker, 1857 * ''

Plusiodonta theresae ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Holloway, 1979 * ''

Plusiodonta thomae ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852 * ''

Plusiodonta tripuncta ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 * ''

Plusiodonta wahlbergi ''Plusiodonta'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. F ...

'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

References

Calpinae Moth genera {{Calpinae-stub