Plusiopalpa hildebrandti

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Plusiopalpa hildebrandti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Plusiopalpa
Species:
P. hildebrandti
Binomial name
Plusiopalpa hildebrandti
(Saalmüller, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Plusia hildebrandtiSaalmüller, 1891

Plusiopalpa hildebrandti is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Madagascar. [1] [2]

This species is related to Chrysodeixis chalcites . The wingspan of the adult moths is 35 mm. [3]

Etymology

Max Saalmüller named this species after the botanist and traveller J.M. Hildebrandt who discovered this and other species for the collection of the Königliches Museum für Naturkunde (Royal Museum for Natural History), Berlin and who died in May 1881 in Antananarivo. [4]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Plusiopalpa hildebrandti (Saalmüller, 1891)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  2. Kitching, Ian J. (1987). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. Vol.54 No.2; 148.
  3. Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaskar". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 392-393, ref.711
  4. Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaskar". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 393, bottom