| Plusiinae | |
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| Autographa gamma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Plusiinae |
| Tribes | |
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
Thysanoplusia orichalcea, the slender burnished brass, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is a polyphagous pest of vegetable crops that originated in Indonesia, from where it spread to Europe, South Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In northern Europe it is a migrant species.
Thysanoplusia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Taira Ichinosé in 1973.
Anadevidia peponis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including Japan, India. Taiwan and New South Wales in Australia. It is a minor pest on many cucurbits.
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.
Euchalcia emichi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is widespread in Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan and Iraq. In the Levant it has been recorded from Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
Euchalcia aureolineata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It has been recorded from Syria and Israel.
Euchalcia augusta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Taurus Mountains to Lake Van in Turkey. In the Levant it has been recorded from Syria and Israel.
Euchalcia maria is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic of the Levant. It is found from south-eastern Turkey to Israel.
Euchalcia paulina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to the Levant. It is found from Jordan to Israel.
Diachrysia aereoides, the dark-spotted looper or lined copper looper, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is found in North America from Newfoundland west to northern California. It reaches its southernmost distribution in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Polychrysia morigera, the disjunct looper, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1886. In the east of North America, it is found in the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio river valleys from Pennsylvania to Tennessee. In the Rocky Mountains it is found from Montana to Colorado and on the west coast it occurs from Oregon to northern California. It is the rarest of the North American Plusiinae species.
Autographa buraetica is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in north and north-eastern Germany, Scandinavia, Poland, Russia, Mongolia, Sibiria, the Ussuri region, Korea and Japan. It has recently been recorded from Austria. In North America, it is found in Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.
Syngrapha devergens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Alps, the Tian Shan Mountains and the Altai Mountains
Panchrysia aurea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern Europe and western and central Asia. The range extends from Portugal, east to Tian Shan, the Altai and the north-western Himalayas. In central Europa, it is found in the southern Alps, lower Austria and the mountains on the Balkan Peninsula.
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.
Polychrysia esmeralda, the delphinium leaftier, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was originally described by Charles Oberthür in 1880. It is found in Asia and in North America. The larvae feed on monkshood and larkspur or delphinium. Adults are reported to feed on the nectar of fireweed.
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