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Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Nolidae > Eligminae > Plotheia

Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858])

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  1. Gadirtha decrescens Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 13: 1104; TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1104/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Plotheia frontalis Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 13: 1109; TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1109/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Plotheia frontalis Walker, [1858]. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, vol 9. Pg. 106-107; Plate CLXIV. figs. 1-32. 

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Anonymous. 2021. Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858]) . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/357788/Plotheia-decrescens
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