Ctenoplusia accentifera

Ctenoplusia accentifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South-Western Europe, Greece, Africa, the Near East and Asia Minor.

Ctenoplusia accentifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ctenoplusia
Species:	C. accentifera
Binomial name
Ctenoplusia accentifera (Lefèbvre, 1827)
Synonyms
Plusia accentifera Plusia l-aureum Ctenoplusia hieroglyphica Agrapha accentifera

Technical description and variation

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

P. accentifera Lef Forewing dull pinkish grey dusted with darker, and with irregular olive brown patches; lines pale; inconspicuous; the inner oblique outwards to median vein, then waved inwards, followed by brown patches; outer line lunulate, between two brown shades, interrupted below middle by a large brown blotch; a brown blotch from apex, a triangular one below middle of termen, and some small patches along subterminal line, which bears a black white-edged tooth between veins 2 and 3; the mark below median inconspicuous, yellowish grey, laterally finely edged with silvery, oblique and parallel; hindwing brownish, with dark outer line and broad smoky fuscous border. Larva green, with white dorsal and double white subdorsal lines; spiracular white, less conspicuous in front, yellower behind; tubercles black with long hairs.^[1] The wingspan is about 25 mm.

Biology

The larvae feed on Mentha, Coleus and Cichorium species.

References

1. Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Lepiforum.de