Ctenoplusia furcifera (Walker, [1858]) -

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 furcifera -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
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Goa
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Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
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Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
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Uttarakhand
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  1. Plusia furcifera Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 12: 927; TL: Punjab. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1012brit/page/927/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Plusia babooni Bethune-Baker, 1906. Novit. Zool. 13 (2): 270; TL: British New Guinea, Babooni. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi13lond/page/270/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Phytometra polisha Strand, 1920. Archiv Naturg. 84 A (12): 130; TL: Formosa, Polisha
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 44/30 & 31.
  5. Sekhon, C.K. and Singh, J., 2015. An inventory of family Noctuidae (Noctuidae: lepidoptera) from Himachal Pradesh. International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies, 2(6), pp.73-92.
  6. https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/NOCTUIIDAE/PLUSIINAE/ctenoplusia%20furcifera.html
  7. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plus/furcifera.html
  8. https://npc.iari.res.in/plusiinae/index.php/species-page/2-uncategorised/18-ctenoplusia-furcifera-walker-1859
  9. https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Ctenoplusia_Furcifera_En#Diagnosis
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ctenoplusia furcifera (Walker, [1858]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ctenoplusia-furcifera, accessed 2024/04/18.