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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 ) crassisigna Warren, 1913 (Phytometra)

Type Locality

Japan, Korea, India

= Phytometra rhopalosema Hampson, 1913: 513 (TL: Nilgiris)
= Macdunnoughia crassicigna [sic] xizangensis Chou & Lu, 1982: 101.

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

Specific Records

Himalayan region

States/Union Territories

Kerala, Tamil Nadu

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, Western Ghats

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