Thysanoplusia daubei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Thysanoplusia |
Species: | T. daubei |
Binomial name | |
Thysanoplusia daubei (Boisduval, 1840) | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The closest relatives of T.daubei are the afrotropical Thysanoplusia indicator (Walker, 1858) and the South-East Asiatic Thysanoplusia lectula that is larger in size.
Biology
The larvae feed on Sonchus, Chondrilla, Cichorium and Mentha species.
References
External links
- Media related to Thysanoplusia daubei at Wikimedia Commons
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum.de
Taxon identifiers | |
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Thysanoplusia daubei |
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