''Plutella'' is a genus of
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
Plutellidae
The Plutellidae are a family of moths commonly known as the diamondback moths, named after the diamondback moth (''Plutella xylostella'') of European origin. It was once considered to have three subfamilies: Plutellinae, Praydinae, and Scythropi ...
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Species
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Plutella acrodelta''
Meyrick, 1931
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Plutella albidorsella''
Walsingham, 1881
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Plutella antiphona
''Plutella antiphona'', also known as the diamondback moth, is a moth of the family Plutellidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Description
This species is very similar in appearance to ''Plutella xyl ...
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Meyrick, 1901
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Plutella armoraciae''
Busck, 1912
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Plutella australiana''
Landry & Hebert, 2013
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Plutella capparidis''
Swezey, 1920
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Plutella culminata''
Meyrick, 1931
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Plutella deltodoma''
Meyrick, 1931
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Plutella diluta''
Meyrick, 1931
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Plutella geniatella''
Zeller, 1839
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Plutella haasi''
Staudinger, 1883
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Plutella hyperboreella''
Strand, 1902
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Plutella kahakaha''
Sattler & Robinson, 2001
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Plutella mariae''
Rebel, 1823
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Plutella nephelaegis''
Meyrick, 1931
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Plutella noholio''
Sattler & Robinson, 2001
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Plutella notabilis''
Busck, 1904
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Plutella omissa''
Walsingham, 1889
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Plutella polaris''
Zeller, 1880
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Plutella porrectella
''Plutella porrectella'' is a moth of the family Plutellidae found in Europe, the Caucasus, southern Siberia and Asia Minor.
The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The head is ochreous-whitish, with central fuscous line. Tuft of palpi long. Forewings ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Plutella psammochroa''
Meyrick, 1885
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Plutella rectivittella''
Zeller, 1877
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Plutella xylostella
The diamondback moth (''Plutella xylostella''), sometimes called the cabbage moth, is a moth species of the family Plutellidae and genus '' Plutella''. The small, grayish-brown moth sometimes has a cream-colored band that forms a diamond along ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
References
External links
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Plutellidae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Franz von Paula Schrank
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