Plusiodonta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Calpinae
Tribus: Calpini
Genus: Plusiodonta
Species: P. aborta – P. achalcea – P. amado – P. arctipennis – P. auripicta – P. basirhabdota – P. calcaurea – P. casta – P. chalcomera – P. clavifera – P. cobaltina – P. coelonota – P. commoda – P. compressipalpis – P. cupristria – P. dimorpha – P. effulgens – P. euchalcia – P. excavata – P. gueneei – P. incitans – P. ionochrota – P. macra – P. malagasy – P. megista – P. miranda – P. multicolora – P. natalensis – P. nictites – P. nitissima – P. pasi – P. repellens – P. speciosissima – P. stimulans – P. stumpfi – P. theresae – P. thomae – P. tominagaorum – P. tripuncta – P. wahlbergi
Name

Plusiodonta Guenée, 1852

Type species: Plusiodonta chalsytoides Guenée, 1852

Synonyms

Gadera Walker, 1857
Deva Walker, 1857
Odontina Guenée, 1862
Tafalla Walker, 1869
Tinnodoa Nye, 1975

References

Behounek, G., Kononenko, V.S. & Pellinen, M.J. 2017. Two new species of the genus Plusiodonta Guenée, 1852 from Southeast Asia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae: Calpinae). Zootaxa 4329(5): 487–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.6. Reference page.
Kishida, Y., 2010: Descriptions of new species and new subspecies of Japanese Macrolepidoptera (1). Tinea 21 (2): 57–69.
Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.
Zaspel, J.M. & Branham, M.A. 2008. World Checklist of Tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae). Insecta Mundi 0047: 1-15. Reference page.

Plusiodonta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2][3]
Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. The outer margin more or less angled at vein 4. Inner margin with tufts of scales at center and outer angle, the margin being excised between them. Legs smoothly scaled. Antennae bipectinated in male. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.[4]
Species

Plusiodonta aborta Dognin, 1910
Plusiodonta achalcea Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta amado Barnes, 1907 (syn: Plusiodonta suffusa Hill, 1924)
Plusiodonta arctipennis Butler, 1886
Plusiodonta auripicta Moore, 1882
Plusiodonta basirhabdota Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta casta Butler, 1878
Plusiodonta chalcomera Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta clavifera Walker, 1868
Plusiodonta cobaltina Viette, 1956
Plusiodonta coelonota Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844
Plusiodonta commoda Walker, 1865
Plusiodonta compressipalpis Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852 – moonseed moth
Plusiodonta cupristria Kaye, 1922
Plusiodonta dimorpha Robinson, 1975
Plusiodonta effulgens Edwards, 1884
Plusiodonta euchalcia Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta excavata Guenée, 1862
Plusiodonta gueneei Viette, 1968
Plusiodonta incitans Walker, 1857
Plusiodonta ionochrota Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta macra Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta malagasy Viette, 1968
Plusiodonta megista Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta miranda Schaus, 1911
Plusiodonta multicolora Bethune-Baker, 1906
Plusiodonta natalensis Walker, 1865
Plusiodonta nictites Hampson, 1902
Plusiodonta nitissima Schaus, 1911
Plusiodonta repellens Walker, 1857
Plusiodonta speciosissima Holland, 1894
Plusiodonta stimulans Walker, 1857
Plusiodonta theresae Holloway, 1979
Plusiodonta thomae Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852
Plusiodonta tripuncta Bethune-Baker, 1906
Plusiodonta wahlbergi Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

References

Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Plusiodonta Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Plusiodonta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Delocoma Swinhoe, 1905". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.