Thysanoplusia daubei
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Thysanoplusia |
| Species: | T. daubei
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| Thysanoplusia daubei (Boisduval, 1840)
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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 closest relatives of T.daubei are the afrotropical Thysanoplusia indicator (Walker, 1858) and the South-East Asiatic Thysanoplusia lectula that is larger in size.[1]
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Sonchus, Chondrilla, Cichorium and Mentha species.
References
[edit]- ^ [Behounek, G., Ronkay, L. & Ronkay, G. (2010). A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuioidea. Plusiinae II. - The Witt Catalogue (Vol.4). (Plate 9, figs 5-6; Plate 33, figs 11-15; gen. fig. 33.)]
External links
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Media related to Thysanoplusia daubei at Wikimedia Commons- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum.de
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