Plusiinae

Plusiinae
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Autographa gamma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Plusiinae
Tribes
Abrostolini Argyrogrammatini Omorphini Plusiini

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).

Gallery

• Plusia festucae 01.JPG

  Plusia festucae

• Polychrysia moneta 01.JPG

  Polychrysia moneta

• Trichoplusia ni.01.jpg

  Trichoplusia ni

• M.confusa.jpg

  Macdunnoughia confusa

• Panchrysia aurea.jpg

  Panchrysia aurea

• Panchrysia dives.jpg

  Panchrysia dives

• Syngrapha hochenwarthi.jpg

  Syngrapha hochenwarthi

• Syngrapha microgamma.jpg

  Syngrapha microgamma

• Syngrapha devergens.jpg

  Syngrapha devergens

• Syngrapha ain.jpg

  Syngrapha ain

• Syngrapha diasema 1.jpg

  Syngrapha diasema

• Syngrapha interrogationis.jpg

  Syngrapha interrogationis

• Autographa gamma.o1.jpg

  Autographa gamma

• Autographa macrogamma 01.JPG

  Autographa macrogamma

• Cornutiplusia circumflexa.jpg

  Cornutiplusia circumflexa

• Thysanoplusia daubei.JPG

  Thysanoplusia daubei

• Euchalcia consona.jpg

  Euchalcia consona

• Euchalcia siderifera.JPG

  Euchalcia siderifera

• Euchalcia variabilis.jpg

  Euchalcia variabilis

• Euchalcia modestoides.jpg

  Euchalcia modestoides

• Autographa bractea.jpg

  Autographa bractea

• Autographa aemula.jpg

  Autographa aemula

• Chrysodeixis chalcites.JPG

  Chrysodeixis chalcites

• Autographa pulchrina.jpg

  Autographa pulchrina

• Autographa jota.jpg

  Autographa jota

• Lamprotes c-aureum.jpg

  Lamprotes c-aureum

• Panchrysia v-argenteum.jpg

  Panchrysia v-argenteum

• Panchrysia ornata.jpg

  Panchrysia ornata

• Diacrysia chryson.jpg

  Diachrysia chryson

• Diachrysia chrysitis 0001.JPG

  Diachrysia chrysitis

• Diachrysia tutti.jpg

  Diachrysia stenochrysis

• Diachrysia zosimi.jpg

  Diachrysia zosimi

• Thysanoplusia orichalcea 01.JPG

  Thysanoplusia orichalcea

• Plusidia cheiranthi.jpg

  Plusidia cheiranthi

References

• Weller, S.J.; Pashley, D.P.; Martin, J.A. & Constable, J.L. (1994): Phylogeny of noctuoid moths and the utility of combining independent nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Systematic Biology 43: 194–211.

External links

• Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Plusiinae. Version of 2007-MAR-15. Retrieved 2007-JUN-03.