Ctenoplusia limbirena

Scar Bank gem
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ctenoplusia
Species:
C. limbirena
Binomial name
Ctenoplusia limbirena
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Plusia limbirena Guenée, 1852
  • Agrapha limbirena (Guenée, 1852)

Ctenoplusia limbirena, the Scar Bank gem,[1] or silver U-tail, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in south-western Europe, Africa (Lesotho, the Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Malawi and eastern and equatorial Africa), the Canary Islands, Arabia, the southern Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina to south-eastern China, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Bali and Timor.[2] In New Zealand, it has been established since 2011.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Scar Bank Gem Ctenoplusia limbirena ". UKMoths. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Silver U-Tail". African Moths. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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  4. ^ RJB Hoare; N Hudson (December 2018). "Adventive moths (Lepidoptera) established in mainland New Zealand: Additions and new identifications since 2001". Australian Entomologist. 45 (3): 273–324. ISSN 1320-6133. Wikidata Q110305107.