Plusia

Plusia Ochsenheimer, 1816

Plusia Ochsenheimer, 1816; Schmett. Eur. 4: 89; TS: Phalaena festucae Linnaeus
Chrysaspidia Hübner, [1821]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (16): 252; TS: Phalaena festucae Linnaeus
- = Plusia; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
Palaeoplusia Hampson, 1913; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 13: 581; TS: Plusia venusta Walker
- = Plusia; [NACL], 131; [POOLE]; [RFEL]

Chrysaspidia; [NHM-BMW]
Palaeoplusia; [NHM-BMW]
Plusia; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW] ; [NHM-BMW]
Plusia (Plusiina); [NE10], 161, 246; Ronkay, Ronkay & Behounek, 2008, Witt Catalogue 1: 111; [NACL93], 44; [RFEL]; [FE]
Plusia (Plusiinae); [POOLE]
Plusia (Plusiini); [NACL], 131

Misidentified/misapplied:

Euchalcia Hübner, 1821; Dyar, 1902

Plusia contexta Grote, 1873

Nova Scotia - Saskatchewan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska. See [maps]

Plusia contexta Grote, 1873; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 1: 193; TL: Albany, New York

Plusia contexta; [NACL], #8952; [POOLE]; [MNA25.1]: 129, f. 68, pl. 1, f. 58-59, pl. H, f. 10, pl. R, f. 4; [NE10], 161; [NACL93], #1239; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA]

Plusia festucae (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Siberia, Korea, Japan, E.China, NE.China. See [maps] Goldeule Rice Looper Isotinayökkönen Gold Spot

Phalaena festucae Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 513
Phytometra festucae splendida Rangnow, 1935; Ent. Rdsch. 53 (2): 22, pl. 4, f. 8; TL: "Lappland"
- = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
?Plusia festucae ab. marisola Krulikowsky, 1908; Soc. Ent. 23 (2): 11; TL: Wiatka; Kasan
Autographa (Chrysaspidia) manchurica Lempke, 1966; Ent. Ber. Amst. 26 (5): 87, f. 4 (m.gen), pl. 2, f. 5-7; TL: Manchuria, Siddemi
- = ; [NE10], 246 [??]; [RFEL]

Autographa manchurica; [iNaturalist]
Plusia festucae kamtschadala; [LepIndex]
Plusia festucae splendida; [LepIndex]
Plusia festucae; [POOLE]; [NE10]: 246, pl. 16, f. 51-55, gen. 266, 331; Ronkay, Ronkay & Behounek, 2008, Witt Catalogue 1: 112; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]
Plusia manchurica; [POOLE]; [NE10], 161; [LepIndex]

658x488 (~34Kb) Littleborough, England, 3.7.1998, Photo © Ian Kimber

782x442 (~105Kb) Russia, Moscow, 9.9.2018 (37°38'E, 55°72'N), Photo © D. Smirnov

500x587 (~45Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 15-21.8.1981, f 6-12.8.1983, Markku Savela leg.

P. f. japonibia (Bryk, 1949) Japan

Phytometra festucae japonibia Bryk, 1949; Ark. Zool. 41 A (1): 125; TL: Japan, Yokohama
- = Plusia festucae; [POOLE]; [RFEL]

Plusia festucae japonibia; [NE10], 161; [LepIndex]

P. f. kamtshadala (Bryk, 1949) Kamchatka

Phytometra festucae kamtshadala Bryk, 1949; Ark. Zool. 41 A (1): 125; TL: Kamchatka
- = Plusia festucae; [POOLE]; [RFEL]

Plusia festucae kamtshadala; [NE10], 161; [CoL]
Plusia kantschadala[sic, kamtshadala?]; [POOLE]

P. f. kurilensis (Bryk, 1949)

Phytometra festucae kurilensis Bryk, 1949; Ark. Zool. 41 A (1): 125; TL: Kunashire, Tomari
- = Plusia festucae; [POOLE]; [RFEL]

Plusia festucae kurilensis; [NE10], 161; [LepIndex]

P. f. maroccana (Rungs, 1937) Morocco

Phytometra festucae maroccana Rungs, 1937; Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc 16: 213; TL: Morocco, Rabat
- = Plusia festucae; [POOLE]

Plusia festucae maroccana; [NE10], 161; [LepIndex]

Plusia putnami Grote, 1873

-, Siberia. See [maps] Pikkutinayökkönen

Plusia putnami Grote, 1873; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 1: 146, pl. 4, f. 2; TL: New York
Phytometra putnami ab. punctistigma Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2): 49
- = ; [NACL], #8950; [RFEL]

Plusia putnami; [NACL], #8950; [POOLE]; [MNA25.1]: 127, f. 4f, 67, pl. 1, f. 54-55, pl. 4, f. 20, pl. H, f. 8, pl. R, f.2; [NE10], 161; [NACL93], #1236; [RFEL]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA] ; [SVF]

817x679 (~111Kb) Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 21.7.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

500x565 (~46Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 1-7-7.1978, f 5.7.1968, Markku Savela leg.

P. p. putnami Newfoundland, Labrador - Pennsylvania, S.Canada - Alaska, Washington - N.California, Rocky Mountains

P. p. barbara (Warren, 1913) Morocco

Phytometra barbara Warren, 1913; in Seitz, Grosschmett. Erde 3: 347; TL: Morocco

Plusia putnami barbara; [NE10], 161; Ronkay, Ronkay & Behounek, 2008, Witt Catalogue 1: 113; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

P. p. festata Graeser, (1890) Far East, Altai Mts., Japan

Plusia festata Graeser, (1890); Berl. Ent. Zs. 33 (2): 262; TL: Amurland, SE.Siberia
- = Plusia putnami; [POOLE]
Phytometra festata ab. conjuncta Warren, 1913; in Seitz, Grosschmett. Erde 3: 347
- = Plusia putnami; [RFEL]
Phytometra festata ab. major Warren, 1913; in Seitz, Grosschmett. Erde 3: 347
Phytometra festata conjuncta Matsumura, 1925; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15: 150
- = Plusia putnami; [MNA25.1], 128
- = ; [NE10], 161
Chrysaspidia major Chou & Lu, 1979; Entomotaxonomia 1: 20
- = Plusia putnami; [MNA25.1], 128
- = ; [NE10], 161 [??]
- = Plusia festucae; [NE10], 246 [??]
Phytometra festata yokohamensis Bryk, 1949; Ark. Zool. 41 A (1): 124, pl. 5, f. 6; TL: Yokohama
- = ; [NE10], 161
- = Plusia festucae; [POOLE]; [RFEL]

Chrysaspidia conjuncta; Chou & Lu, 1978, Acta ent. Sinica 21 (1): 72
Plusia conjuncta; [POOLE]; [LepIndex]
Plusia major; [LepIndex]
Plusia putnami festata; [NE10], 161; Ronkay, Ronkay & Behounek, 2008, Witt Catalogue 1: 114; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Plusia putnami yokohamensis; [LepIndex]

P. p. gracilis (Lempke, 1966) EU, W.Siberia?

Autographa (Chrysaspidia) gracilis Lempke, 1966; Ent. Ber. Amst. 26 (4): 69, f. 2-3 (gen.), pl. 1, f. 3-9; TL: Netherlands, de Peel
- = Plusia putnami; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
Autographa (Chrysaspidia) gracilis f. obscura Lempke, 1966; Tijdscr. Ent. 109: 263; TL: Wijnjeterp, Netherlands
- = Plusia putnami; [RFEL]
Autographa (Chrysaspidia) gracilis f. coalescens Lempke, 1966; Tijdscr. Ent. 109: 263, pl. 7, f. 9; TL: Nijetrijne, Netherlands
- = Plusia putnami; [RFEL]
Autographa (Chrysaspidia) gracilis f. disconulla Lempke, 1966; Tijdscr. Ent. 109: 263; TL: Griendsveen, Netherlands
- = Plusia putnami; [RFEL]

Plusia putnami gracilis; [NE10]: 248, pl. 16, f. 56-60, gen. 267,332; Ronkay, Ronkay & Behounek, 2008, Witt Catalogue 1: 113; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Plusia magnimacula Handfield & Handfield, 2006

Quebec, Alberta, Newfoundland, Labrador, Manitoba, Brunswick, Ontario, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin. See [maps]

Plusia magnimacula Handfield & Handfield, 2006; Can. Ent. 138 (6): 854; TL: Shefford, Quebec, 45°25'95N, 72°39'89W

Plusia magnimacula; [NACL93], #1238; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]

Plusia nichollae (Hampson, 1913)

Alaska - California. See [maps]

Phytometra nichollae Hampson, 1913; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 13: 510; TL: Pass D. Hope, British Columbia
Phytometra putnami ab. mendocinensis Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2): 49; TL: Mendocino, California
Autographa putnami mendocinensis McDunnough, 1938; Mem. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 113; TL: Mendocino, California
- = Plusia putnami; [POOLE]
- = ; [MNA25.1], 129

Plusia nichollae; [NACL], #8951; [POOLE]; [MNA25.1]: 129, f. 67, pl. 1, f. 56-57, pl. H, f. 9, pl. R, f. 3; [NACL93], #1237; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
Plusia putnami mendocinensis; [NACL], #8950a

Misidentified/misapplied:

Plusia nichollae; [NE10], 161
- = Plusia festucae; Ronkay, Ronkay & Behounek, 2008, Witt Catalogue 1: 113

Plusia venusta Walker, 1865

Nova Scotia, S.Canada, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, N.Montana. See [maps]

Plusia venusta Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 836; TL: Orillia, Ontario
Plusia striatella Grote, 1873; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 1: 194; TL: New York
- = ; [NACL], #8953; [POOLE]

Plusia venusta; [NACL], #8953; [POOLE]; [MNA25.1]: 127, f. 66, pl. 1, f. 53, pl. H, f. 7, pl. R, f. 1; [NE10], 161; [NACL93], #1235; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]

Plusia aqualaniata Dognin, 1912; 7; TL: Agualani

Plusia (of authors) aqualaniata; [POOLE]
Plusia aqualaniata; [iNaturalist]

Plusia anda Druce, 1890; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1890: 516; TL: Guatemala City

Plusia (of authors) anda; [POOLE]
Plusia anda; [iNaturalist]

Plusia barbara Warren, 1913; 347, pl. 64 d; TL: Morocco, Mazagan

Plusia (of authors) barbara; [POOLE]
Plusia barbara; [iNaturalist]

Plusia bipartia Snellen, 1880; 71, pl. 6, f. 2; TL: Celebes, Lokka
Plusia ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1906; 270; TL: British New Guinea, Ekeikei
- = Plusia bipartita; [POOLE]

Plusia (of authors) bipartia; [POOLE]

Plusia chalcytula Hulstaert, 1913; 456, f. 118; TL: Olilit, Tenimber

Plusia (of authors) chalcytula; [POOLE]
Plusia chalcytula; [iNaturalist]

Plusia ? dispellens Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 838; TL: Ceylon

Plusia (of authors) dispellens; [POOLE]
Plusia dispellens; [iNaturalist]

Phytometra distigma Hampson, 1913; 560, pl. 239, f. 11; TL: Peru, Callo

Plusia (of authors) distigma; [POOLE]
Plusia distigma; [iNaturalist]

Plusia incompta Walker, 1869; 40

Plusia (of authors) incompta; [POOLE]
Plusia incompta; [iNaturalist]

Plusia inornata Walker, [1863]; 71; TL: Borneo, Sarawak

Plusia (of authors) inornata; [POOLE]
Plusia inornata; [iNaturalist]

Noctua l-album Geyer, [1835]; pl. 180, f. 856; TL: Europe

Plusia (of authors) l-album; [POOLE]

Plusia meretricula Schaus, 1911; 51; TL: Sixola; El Sitio

Plusia (of authors) meretricula; [POOLE]
Plusia meretricula; [iNaturalist]

Plusia modesta Walker, 1869; 40; TL: Peru

Plusia (of authors) modesta; [POOLE]
Plusia modesta; [iNaturalist]

Plusia pallida Walker, [1863]; 70; TL: Borneo, Sarawak

Plusia (of authors) pallida; [POOLE]
Plusia pallida; [iNaturalist]

Plusia phocina Hampson, 1913; 493, pl. 237, f. 26; TL: Brazil, Rio Janeiro

Plusia (of authors) phocina; [POOLE]

Plusia temperata Walker, 1869; 41

Plusia (of authors) temperata; [POOLE]
Plusia temperata; [iNaturalist]

References:

[AES]
Acta Entomologica Sinica
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[FE] Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[Ian Kimber]
http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[PNWM]
Pacific Northwest Moths
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[ZOOKEYS]
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Bryk, 1949
Zur Kenntnis der Großschmetterlinge von Korea. II. Macrofrenatae Ark. Zool. 41 A (1) : 1-225, pl. 1-7
Chou & Lu, 1978
Studies on the Chinese Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Acta ent. Sinica 21 (1) : 63-78
Chou & Lu, 1979
Two new genera and four new species of Plusiinae and revision of some of its known species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Entomotaxonomia 1: 15-22
Druce, 1890
Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Central and South America Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1890 : 493-520, pl. 42-43
[NE10]; Goater, Ronkay & Fibiger, 2003
Noctuidae Europaeae (Catocalinae & Plusiinae) Noct. Eur. 10 : 1-252
Graeser, (1890)
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauna des Amurlandes. III Berl. Ent. Zs. 33 (2) : 251-268
Grote, 1873
Descriptions of Noctuidae principally from California Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 1 : 129-155
Grote, 1873
On eight species of Noctuidae Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 1 : 190-194
Hampson, 1913
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 13 : 1-609, : pl. 192-221, : pl. 222-239
Handfield & Handfield, 2006
A new species of Plusia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from North America Can. Ent. 138 (6) : 853-859
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hübner, [1821]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Krulikowsky, 1908
Einige neue Varietäten und Aberrationen der Lepidopteren des östlichen Russlands Soc. Ent. 23 (1): 2-3, (2): 11-12, (3): 18
[MNA25.1]; Lafontaine & Poole, 1991
The Moths of America North of Mexico. NOCTUOIDEA: Noctuidae (Part) Moths Am. N of Mexico 25.1
[NACL93]; Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010
Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico ZooKeys 40 : 1-239
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Lempke, 1966
Notes on the genus Autographa Hübner, subgenus Chrysaspidia Hübner (Lep. Noct.) Ent. Ber. Amst. 26 (4): 64-71, pl. 1, (5): 85-91, pl. 2
Lempke, 1966
Catalogus der Nederlandse Macrolepidoptera (Dertiende Supplement) Tijdscr. Ent. 109 : 221-301
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Matsumura, 1925
An enumeration of the butterflies and moths from Saghalien, with descriptions of new species and subspecies J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15 : 83-196, pl. 8-11
McDunnough, 1938
Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America. Part I. Macrolepidoptera Mem. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1 : 1-272
Ochsenheimer, 1816
Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Fierter Band Schmett. Eur. 4 : 1-223
[POOLE]; Poole, 1989
Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: Noctuidae Lepid. cat. (n.s.) 118:
Rangnow, 1935
Neue Lepidopteren aus Lappland Ent. Rdsch. 53 (2) : 21-22
Ronkay, Ronkay & Behounek, 2008
A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea. Plusiinae I Witt Catalogue 1 : 1-348, pl. 1-50
Rungs, 1937
Lépidoptéres nouveaux et peu connus du Maroc Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc 16: 211-215
Strand, 1917
Neue Aberrationen der Noctuiden-Subfamilien Hadeninae, Erastriinae, Catocalinae, Mominae und Phytometrinae Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2) : 28-50
Walker, 1865
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

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