Taxonomic Information
Ctenoplusia Dufay, 1970 species known from the Indian subcontinent
Ctenoplusia albostriata (Bremer & Grey, 1853). Peninsular India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia chalcopasta (Hampson, 1912). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia indica (Ronkay, 1986). Karnataka.
Ctenoplusia furcifera (Walker, [1858]). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenee, 1852). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia placida (Moore, [1884]). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia mutans (Walker, 1865). India; Sri Lanka.
Ctenoplusia tarassota (Hampson, 1913). NE Himalaya.
Ctenoplusia kosemponesis (Strand, 1920). N. India; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Plusia placida Moore, [1884.] Lepid. Ceylon 3 (1): 73, pl. 151, f. 10, TL: Ceylon. Text at http://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey03moor#page/n94/mode/1up. Plate at http://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey03moor#page/n602/mode/1up.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 44/28.
- Singh, J. & C. K. Sekhon. 2015. Taxonomic studies on the genitalic features of two Species of genus Ctenoplusia Dufay from Western Ghats of India. International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology. Volume 3, Issue 2, pp: 137-141.
- http://dearlep.tw/species.html?namecode=345963&photo_id=bce76af51bdce0593a4da99c4d894e57. [accessed 23 June 2019]
- http://npc.iari.res.in/plusiinae/index.php/species-page/2-uncategorised/20-ctenoplusia-placida-moore-1884 [accessed 23 June 2019]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ctenoplusia placida (Moore, [1884]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ctenoplusia-placida, accessed 2025/10/25.