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
Ctenoplusia tarassota -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Phytometra tarassota Hampson, 1913. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 13: 473, pl. 237, f. 13 (repl. Plusia confusa Moore, 1882); TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid13brituoft/page/473/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid1213brit/page/n205/mode/2up?view=theater
- Phytometra tarassota ab. tarassotana Strand, 1917. Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2): 48. Text at https://archive.org/details/archivfurgeschic8214berl/page/n243/mode/1up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 44/23
- https://npc.iari.res.in/plusiinae/index.php/species-page/2-uncategorised/22-ctenoplusia-tarassota-hampson-1913
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ctenoplusia tarassota (Hampson, 1913) – . 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-tarassota, accessed 2025/10/25.