Notioplusia illustrata

Notioplusia illustrata, the notioplusia moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is native to Saint Kitts, the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico), Florida, Mexico, Panama and South America. It was introduced to Australia and South Africa.

Notioplusia illustrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Notioplusia
Species:
N. illustrata
Binomial name
Notioplusia illustrata
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Autoplusia illustrata (Guenée, 1852)
  • Plusia egenella Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
  • Plusia abeona Druce, 1889
  • Plusia roxana Druce, 1894
  • Plusia illustrata Guenée, 1852

Adults have brown forewings, each with a pale line and a red splodge. The hindwings are fawn, shading darker toward the margin.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Lantana camara.

  • Australian Faunal Directory
  • Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (August 15, 2019). "Autoplusia illustrata (Guenée, 1852)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  • "931175.00 – 8894 – Notioplusia illustrata – Notioplusia Moth – (Guenée, 1852)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  • Hollenbeck, Jeff (March 2, 2013). "Species Notioplusia illustrata - Notioplusia Moth - Hodges#8894". BugGuide. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  • "Autoplusia illustrata (Guenée, 1852)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles. Retrieved September 17, 2019.


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