Plusiinae

Plusiinae
Autographa gamma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Plusiinae
Tribes
Abrostolini Argyrogrammatini Omorphini Plusiini

Plusiinae is a smallish (for noctuid standards) subfamily of the moth family 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

• 
  Autographa aemula
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  Autographa bractea
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  Autographa excelsa
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  Autographa gamma
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  Autographa mandarina
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  Autographa macrogamma
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  Autographa nigrisigna
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  Autographa buraetica
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  Autographa pulchrina
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  Autographa jota
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  Ctenoplusia limbirena
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  Euchalcia taurica
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  Euchalcia consona
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  Euchalcia siderifera
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  Euchalcia variabilis
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  Euchalcia modestoides
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  Syngrapha hochenwarthi
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  Syngrapha microgamma
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  Syngrapha devergens
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  Syngrapha ain
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  Syngrapha diasema
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  Syngrapha parilis
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  Syngrapha interrogationis
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  Antoculeora ornatissima
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  Plusia festucae
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  Polychrysia moneta
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  Polychrysia esmeralda
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  Plusidia cheiranthi
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  Macdunnoughia confusa
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  Macdunnoughia purissima
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  Cornutiplusia circumflexa
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  Chrysodeixis chalcites
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  Panchrysia ornata
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  Panchrysia v-argenteum
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  Panchrysia aurea
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  Panchrysia dives
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  Lamprotes c-aureum
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  Lamprotes mikadina
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  Diachrysia leonina
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  Diachrysia chryson
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  Diachrysia chrysitis
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  Diachrysia stenochrysis
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  Diachrysia zosimi
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  Thysanoplusia orichalcea
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  Thysanoplusia daubei
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  Trichoplusia ni

References

• Weller, S.J.; Pashley, D.P.; Martin, J.A. & Constable, J.L. (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.