PLusiinae (Excl. Abrostolini) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Ethiopia. A faunistical survey with biogeographical comments
Author
Ronkay, Laszlo
Author
Behounek, Gottfried
Author
Müller, Günter C.
text
Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.5
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Chrysodeixis acuta
(Walker, [1858])
(Fig. 38)
Material examined.
Tigray region, Simien National Park.
3500 m
.
V.2005
. Leg. Kravchenko V.; Tigray Region, Debark.
2800 m
.
V.
2005
m. Leg. Kravchenko V.
Literature.
Behounek
et al.
2010
;
Dufay 1970
;
Fletcher 1963
;
Goater
et al.
2003
; Hacker,
et al
. 2001;
Lafontaine & Poole 1991
;
Ronkay 1987
;
Wiltshire 1990
.
General distribution pattern.
In South Palearctic and in Oriental Region. All former reports from Nearctic and Neotropical regions are misidentifications of
Chrysodeixis (Pseudoplusia) includens
(Walker, [1858] 1857). Common all over tropical and subtropical Africa.
Distribution in
Ethiopia
.
Throughout country including elevations above
3.000 m
. Common.
Host plants.
Polyphagous. Recorded on
Arctium lappa
(Asteraceae)
,
Solanum
sp.
Nicotiana
sp. (
Solanaceae
),
Geranium
sp. (
Geraniaceae
),
Canna
sp. (
Cannaceae
).