Ctenoplusia fracta

Ctenoplusia fracta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.[1]

Ctenoplusia fracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ctenoplusia
Species:
C. fracta
Binomial name
Ctenoplusia fracta
(Walker, [1858])
Synonyms
  • Plusia fracta Walker, [1858]

Distribution

It is found in many African countries such as Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[2] It is also found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India and Sri Lanka.[3]

Description

Palpi upturned. Male antennae ciliated. Thorax with a very large spreading tuft on the vertex. Abdomen with three large dorsal tufts on basal segments. Forewing hooked at outer angle. Head and thorax greyish brown. Forewing olive grey with metallic tinge with brown irrorations (speckles). Hindwing fuscous; cilia with tips white.[4] Its host plant is Gymnosporia buxifolia.[5]

References
  1. "Species Details: Ctenoplusia fracta Walker, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Ctenoplusia fracta (Walker, 1858)". Afromoths. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  3. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  4. Singh, Harkanwal. "Studies on male and female genitalia of Ctenoplusia fracta Walker" (PDF). CIVILICA (in Persian). Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. "Petelia medardaria Herrich-Schäffer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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