Plusia

Plusia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.

Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Antennae of male ciliated. Thorax with a very large spreading tuft on the vertex. Abdomen with three large dorsal tufts on basal segments, and lateral and anal tufts more or less strongly developed in male. Forewings hooked at outer angle. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.

Species

Plusia contexta Grote, 1873Plusia festucae Linnaeus, 1758 - gold spotPlusia magnimacula D. Handfield & L. Handfield, 2006Plusia manchurica Lempke, 1966Plusia nichollae Hampson, 1913Plusia putnami Grote, 1873Plusia rosanovi Nabokov, 1912Plusia venusta Walker, 1865