Plusiinae is a smallish (for noctuid standards)
subfamily of the
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 ...
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Noctuidae. As the Noctuidae appear to be a
paraphyletic assemblage, the Plusiinae may eventually be raised to family status (Weller ''et al.'' 1994).
Comparison of Eurasian species
Image:Autographa aemula.jpg, '' Autographa aemula''
Image:Autographa bractea.jpg, '' Autographa bractea''
Image:Autographa excelsa 01.jpg, '' Autographa excelsa''
Image:Autographa gamma.o1.jpg, ''Autographa gamma
The silver Y (''Autographa gamma'') is a migratory moth of the family Noctuidae which is named for the silvery Y-shaped mark on each of its forewings.
Description
The silver Y is a medium-sized moth with a wingspan of 30 to 45 mm. The win ...
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Image:Autographa mandarina 1.jpg, '' Autographa mandarina''
Image:Autographa macrogamma 01.JPG, '' Autographa macrogamma''
Image:Autographa nigrisigna.jpg, '' Autographa nigrisigna''
Image:Autographa buraetica 01.jpg, '' Autographa buraetica''
Image:Autographa pulchrina.jpg, '' Autographa pulchrina''
Image:Autographa jota.jpg, '' Autographa jota''
Image:Ctenoplusia limbirena.jpg, ''Ctenoplusia limbirena
''Ctenoplusia limbirena'', the Scar Bank gem, or silver U-tail, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in south-western Europe, Africa (Lesotho, the Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Malawi an ...
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Image:Euchalcia taurica.jpg, '' Euchalcia taurica''
Image:Euchalcia consona.jpg, '' Euchalcia consona''
Image:Euchalcia siderifera.JPG, '' Euchalcia siderifera''
Image:Euchalcia variabilis.jpg, ''Euchalcia variabilis
The purple-shaded gem (''Euchalcia variabilis'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
Description
The wingspan is 34–42 mm. The upperside of the forewings is varied with rosy in the basal area. Also, the transversal lines are bordered wit ...
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Image:Euchalcia modestoides.jpg, '' Euchalcia modestoides''
Image:Syngrapha hochenwarthi.jpg, '' Syngrapha hochenwarthi''
Image:Syngrapha microgamma.jpg, '' Syngrapha microgamma''
Image:Syngrapha devergens.jpg, '' Syngrapha devergens''
Image:Syngrapha ain.jpg, '' Syngrapha ain''
Image:Syngrapha diasema 1.jpg, '' Syngrapha diasema''
Image:Syngrapha parilis 01.jpg, '' Syngrapha parilis''
Image:Syngrapha interrogationis.jpg, '' Syngrapha interrogationis''
Image:Antoculeora ornatissima.jpg, '' Antoculeora ornatissima''
Image:Plusia festucae 01.JPG, '' Plusia festucae''
Image:Polychrysia moneta 01.JPG, '' Polychrysia moneta''
Image:Polychrysia esmeralda.jpg, '' Polychrysia esmeralda''
Image:Plusidia cheiranthi.jpg, '' Plusidia cheiranthi''
Image:M.confusa.jpg, '' Macdunnoughia confusa''
Image:Macdunnoughia purissima.jpg, '' Macdunnoughia purissima''
Image:Cornutiplusia circumflexa.jpg, '' Cornutiplusia circumflexa''
Image:Chrysodeixis chalcites.JPG, ''Chrysodeixis chalcites
The tomato looper or golden twin-spot moth ''(Chrysodeixis chalcites)'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae, subfamily Plusiinae. It mainly lives in southern Europe, the Levant and tropical Africa, but can be seen migrating across much of Europe. ...
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Image:Panchrysia ornata.jpg, '' Panchrysia ornata''
Image:Panchrysia v-argenteum.jpg, '' Panchrysia v-argenteum''
Image:Panchrysia aurea.jpg, '' Panchrysia aurea''
Image:Panchrysia dives.jpg, ''Panchrysia dives
''Panchrysia dives'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Ural, east through southern Siberia to the Pacific Ocean. The range includes Kamchatka, Sakhalin and the Kuriles.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bi ...
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Image:Lamprotes c-aureum.jpg, ''Lamprotes c-aureum
''Lamprotes c-aureum'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Southern Scandinavia to the Southern Alps and from Western Europe up to West Siberia.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distan ...
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Image:Lamprotes mikadina.jpg, ''Lamprotes mikadina
''Lamprotes'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many ...
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Image:Diachrysia leonina.jpg, '' Diachrysia leonina''
Image:Diacrysia chryson.jpg, '' Diachrysia chryson''
Image:Diachrysia chrysitis 0001.JPG, ''Diachrysia chrysitis
''Diachrysia chrysitis'', the burnished brass, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, the Caucasus, Russia, Russian Far East and Siberia. In the south of Europe the range extends to southern Spain, southern Italy and ...
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Image:Diachrysia tutti.jpg, '' Diachrysia stenochrysis''
Image:Diachrysia zosimi.jpg, '' Diachrysia zosimi''
Image:Thysanoplusia_orichalcea 01.JPG, '' Thysanoplusia orichalcea''
Image:Thysanoplusia daubei.JPG, ''Thysanoplusia daubei
''Thysanoplusia daubei'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North and East Africa, Southern Europe, Arabia, Turkey, Southern Iran to the Himalayas, India, Indochina, China, Japan and Taiwan.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The ...
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Image:Trichoplusia ni.01.jpg, ''Trichoplusia ni
The cabbage looper (''Trichoplusia ni'') is a medium-sized moth in the family Noctuidae, a family commonly referred to as owlet moths. Its common name comes from its preferred host plants and distinctive crawling behavior. Cruciferous vegetab ...
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References
* (1994): Phylogeny of noctuoid moths and the utility of combining independent nuclear and mitochondrial genes. ''Systematic Biology'' 43: 194–211.
External links
Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms:Plusiinae. Version of 2007-MAR-15. Retrieved 2007-JUN-03.
Noctuidae
{{Plusiinae-stub