Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Noctuidae

Subfamily

Plusiinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Macdunnoughia Kostrowicki, 1961

Type Species

Plusia confusa Stephens, 1850

= Scleroplusia Ichinose, 1962: 249 (TS: Plusia confusa Stephens, 1850: 291). Scleroplusia Ichinose was originally proposed as a subgenus of Autographa Hübner, [1821]. However, it is a junior objective synonym of Macdunnottghia Kostrowicki, 1961.
= Paraplusia Mukerji & Krishnamorthy, 1955: 295 (TS: Plusia confusa Stephens, 1850: 291). Paraplusia is not nomenclaturally available as it does not satisfy the provisions of the Code, Article 13 (a), having been published after 1930 without a statement of characters differentiating the taxon.

Subgenus

Macdunnoughia Kostrowicki, 1961

Species/Subspecies

Macdunnoughia (Macdunnoughia ) confusa Stephens, 1850 (Plusia)

Type Locality

France

= Plusia gutta Guenée, 1852: 346. (TL: Austria, France, Hungary)
= Plusia gutta ab. bigutta Staudinger, 1892: 545.
= Plusia gutta var. aestiva Krulikovsky, 1908: 11. (TL: Wiatka; Kasan (Russia))
= Phytometra confusa ab. deangulata Strand, 1917: 49. (TL: Palaearctic)
= Plusia gutta[?] ab. grisea Dannehl, 1933: 20. Adige Valley, Mendel (Italy)
= Plusia reducta Kobes, 1959: 66. (TL: Central Europe)
= Macdunnoughia confus af. brunnescens Lempke, 1966: 270.
= Macdunnoughia monosigna Chou & Lu, 1979: 18. (TL: China)

Distribution

Specific Records

Kashmir (Srinagar)

States/Union Territories

Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, Indian Himalaya, Western Ghats

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

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