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Rachiplusia Hampson, 1913

Rachiplusia Hampson, 1913; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 13 : 410, TS: Plusia nu Guenée
Rachiplusia (Plusiini) ; [NACL, 130]
Rachiplusia (Autoplusiina) ; [MNA25.1, 57]; [NE10, 158]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Plusia Ochsenheimer, 1816; Forbes, 1954, (part)

Rachiplusia nu (Guenée, 1852)

Paraguay, Uruguay, S.Brazil. See [About maps] Plusia nu Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 347
Plusia depauperata Blanchard, 1852; in Gay, Hist. Chile, (Zool.) 7 : 85
Plusia detrusa Walker, [1858]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 12: 918, TL: Montevideo
Plusia fumifera Walker, [1858]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 12: 919, TL: Chile
Plusia atrata Giacomelli, 1911; An. Soc. cient. argent. 72: 38
Rachiplusia nu ; [MNA25.1, 57]; [NE10, 158]; Barbut, 2008, [REF]

Rachiplusia ou (Guenée, 1852)

S.USA, E.USA, Montana, Nova Scotia, Mexico - Venezuela - Ecuador, Dominican Republic. See [About maps] Plusia ou Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 348, TL: North America
Plusia ou var. tenaculum Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 348
Plusia fratella Grote, 1874; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 2 : 161, TL: Texas

= ; [NACL, #8895]

Plusia pedalis Grote, 1875; Can. Ent. 7 (11) : 204, TL: Kansas

= ; [NACL, #8895]

Phytometra ou ab. ouella Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2) : 49, TL: America

= ; [NACL, #8895]

Phytometra ou ab. ouana Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2) : 49

= ; [NACL, #8895]

Rachiplusia ou, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Rachiplusia ou, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Rachiplusia ou, Noctuid Search (record) [NOCTS]
Rachiplusia ou, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Rachiplusia ou, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Rachiplusia ou ; [NACL, #8895]; [MNA25.1: 58, f. 17, pl. 1, f. 21-22, pl. B, f. 5, pl. J, f. 6]; [NE10, 158]; Barbut, 2008, [REF]

Rachiplusia grisea Barbut, 2008

Peru, Bolivia. See [About maps] Rachiplusia grisea Barbut, 2008; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 113 (3): 447, f. 3, TL: Peru, Junin, San Ramon à Tarma km 17, 1500m

Rachiplusia virgula (Blanchard, 1852)

Chile. See [About maps] Plusia virgula Blanchard, 1852; in Gay, Hist. Chile, (Zool.) 7 : 84, TL: Chile, Coquimbo
Plusia certa Walker, [1858]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 12: 920, TL: Chile
Triphaena signata Philippi, 1860; Linn. Ent. 14: 293, TL: Chile, Valdivia?
Syngrapha virgula ;
Rachiplusia virgula ; [MNA25.1, 57]; [NE10, 158]; Barbut, 2008, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 113 (3): 449, f. 4

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona

[GALEPS]

Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm

[MNA25.1]

Lafontaine & Poole; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 25.1; NOCTUOIDEA; Noctuidae, Plusiinae

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NE10]

Goater, Ronkay & Fibiger, 2003; Catocalinae & Plusiinae - Noctuidae Europaeae; Volume 10, 252pp

[NOCTS]

Noctuid Search; An Interactive Key to Identify the Noctuidae of North America; e-mail: teichlin@cdfa.ca.gov Thomas D. Eichlin; e-mail: skinnee@cdfa.ca.gov Scott A. Kinnee; Dennis E. Mayhew; Ronald E. Somerby; Charles S. Papp

Some related literature:

Barbut, 2008

Révision du genre Rachiplusia Hampson, 1913 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Plusiinae) Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 113 (3): 445-452

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Sixiéme. Noctuélites. Tome 2 Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 1-443, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 1-24 (1858)

Giacomelli, 1911

Lepidópteros riojanos nuevos ó poco conocidos An. Soc. cient. argent. 72: 19-40

Grote, 1874

Notes on American Lepidoptera with Descriptions of twenty-one New Species Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 2 : 145-163

Grote, 1875

On North American species of Plusia Can. Ent. 7 (11) : 202-205

Hampson, 1913

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 13 : 1-609

Philippi, 1860

Beschribung einiger neuer Chilenischer Schmetterlinge Linn. Ent. 14: 265-297

Strand, 1917

Neue Aberrationen der Noctuiden-Subfamilien Hadeninae, Erastriinae, Catocalinae, Mominae und Phytometrinae Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2) : 28-50

Walker, [1858]

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 1-252 (1856), 10: 253-492 ([1857]), 11: 493-764 (1857), 12: 765-982 ([1858]), 13: 983-1236 ([1858]), 14: 1237-1520 (1858), 15: 1521-1888 (1858)

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