Abrostola triplasia

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

Description

Family Noctuidae

'The Noctuids are members of the Superfamily Noctuoidea. Worldwide in distribution, this family is the largest in the Lepidoptera and has approximately 20,000 species. About 2,900 of these are found in North America, and there is wide variation in appearance and behavior. Most moths are gray to brown in color and have line or spots on their wings. Some species are brightly colored . They are small to large in size, and most species are medium-sized with wingspans 2 - 4.5 cm. When at rest, adults of most species hold their wings above their bodies like a roof. Noctuids are typically nocturnal , though some species are diurnal . Most larvae feed on plant foliage , dead leaves, lichens, and fungi; many are serious forest pests. Some species are leaf miners, others are stem- or leaf-borers, and still others feed at night on plant shoots. Noctuid moths pupate in cells in soil, in plant cavities, or in silk cocoons .

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Provisionally Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Beccaloni G.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Abrostola

There are approximately 54 species in this genus:

A. abrostolina · A. aethiopica · A. agnorista · A. anophioides · A. asclepiadea · A. asclepiadis · A. bettoni · A. bicyclata · A. brevipennis · A. canariensis · A. clarissa · A. confusa · A. congolensis · A. crinita · A. dejeani · A. fallax · A. imitatrix · A. jagowi · A. juncta · A. kaszabi · A. korbi · A. major · A. mariana · A. marmorea · A. mediata · A. microvalis · A. monotona · A. nairobiensis · A. obliqua · A. obscura · A. oculea · A. ovalis (Oval Abrostola) · A. pacifica · A. pardoi · A. parvula · A. plumbea · A. proxima · A. pulverea · A. robertsi · A. rougeoti · A. semiconfluens · A. sugii · A. suisharyonis · A. tinctoides · A. tocionis · A. trigemina · A. triopis · A. tripartita · A. triplasia (Dark Spectacle) · A. uniformis · A. urentis (Variegated Brindle Moth) · A. urticae · A. ussuriensis · A. violacea

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Further Reading

• A descriptive catalogue of the Dobree collection of European Noctuae / compiled by Horace B. Browne. Hull, England; A. Browne & Sons, 1909. ENG url p. 126, p. 155.
• A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera. By W.F. Kirby London, E. Lloyd, limited, 1896-1897. ENG url p. 108.
• Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 342.
• Annales de la Société entomologique de France. Paris: La Société, FRE url p. 1065, p. 48.
• Annales de la Station limnologique de Besse. Clermont-Ferrand: La Station, 1909- FRE url p. 190.
• Annals and magazine of natural history: including zoology, botany and geology London. url p. 348.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 427.
• Bulletin biologique de la France et de la Belgique. Montreuil [etc.]Gauther-Villars [etc.] FRE url p. 330.
• Etudes de lépidoptérologie comparée, par Charles Oberthür. Rennes: Impr. Oberthür, 1904-25. FRE url p. 263, p. 391.
• Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France; décrits par M. Godart Peints par M. C. Vauthier. Paris: Crevot, 1821-38. FRE url p. 486.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 716.
• List of Yorkshire Lepidoptera. [By] George T. Porritt London, A. Brown & Sons, ltd., 1904. ENG url p. 98.
• List of the specimens of the British animals in the collection of the British museum. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1845-55. ENG url p. 129, p. 129.
• Novitates Zoologicae. London. url p. 115, p. 126.
• Polskie pismo entomologiczne = Polish journal of entomology = Bulletin entomologique de Pologne Warszawa [etc.]Panstwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. ENG url p. 167.
• Societas entomologica. Stuttgart [etc.]A. Kernan [etc.], 1886-1930. GER url p. 21, p. 29, p. 37, p. 45.
• The Entomological magazine. [London: Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis, 1833-1838] ENG url p. 158.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. [s.l., s.n.] ENG url p. 77.
• The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- ENG url p. 108, p. 26, p. 66.

Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 15, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 15, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, European Moth Nights
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn, inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2980656
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-280386.0
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13551108
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 631057

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]
2. Mean = 542.960 meters (1,781.365 feet), Standard Deviation = 697.320 based on 3,589 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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