Checklist of the subfamily Plusiinae (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) from India.
We have provided a checklist of 25 genera and 59 species of subfamily Plusiinae Bioisduval (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from India, with distribution.
Total tribes: 3
Total recorded genus: 25
Total recorded species: 59
Tribes, Genera and Species
Abrostolini Eichlin & Cunningham, 1978
I. Abrostola Ochsenheimer, 1816
1. anophioides Moore, 1882 (Sikkim, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand)
2. suisharyonis Strand, 1920 (North India)
Argyrogrammatini Eichlin & Cunningham, 1978
II. Trichoplusia McDunnough, 1944
3. ni (Hubner, 1803) (Throughout India)
III. Thysanoplusia Ichinose, 1973
4. anargyra (Guenee, 1852) (Sikkim, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
5. intermixta (Warren, 1913) (West Bengal)
6. reticulata (Moore, 1882) (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
7. orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775) (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu)
8. daubei (Boisduval, 1840) (Delhi)
9. lectula (Walker, 1858) (West Bengal, Karnataka)
10. indica Ronkay, 1980 (Karnataka)
IV. Dactyloplusia Chou & Lu, 1979
11. impulsa (Walker, 1865) (Tamil Nadu)
V. Ctenoplusia Dufay, 1970
12. albostriata (Bremer & Grey, 1853) (Orissa, Tamil Nadu, North Western Himalayas)
13. chalcopasta (Hampson, 1912) (Tamil Nadu)
14. furcifera (Walker, 1858) (West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
15. fracta (Walker, 1858) (North India, Nilgiris)
16. limbirena (Guenee, 1852) (North West Himalayas, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu)
17. placida (Moore, 1884) (Tamil Nadu, West Bengal)
18. mutans (Walker, 1865) (South India)
19. tarassota (Hampson, 1913) (Sikkim, Meghalaya)
VI. Vittaplusia Ronkay, Ronkay & Behounek, 2010
20. obtusisigna (Walker, 1858) (Maharastra, Tamil Nadu)
VII. Stigmoctenoplusia Ronkay, Ronkay & Behounek, 2010
21. aeneofusa (Hampson, 1894) (Sikkim)
VIII. Plusiopalpa Holland, 1894
22. adrasta (Felder, 1874) (Meghalaya)
IX. Argyrogramma Hubner, 1823
23. signata (Fabricius, 1794) (Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Delhi)
X. Zonoplusia Chou & Lu, 1979b
24. ochreata (Walker, 1865) (West Bengal)
XI. Chrysodeixis Hubner, 1821
25. acuta (Walker, 1858) (West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
26. chalcites (Esper, 1789) (West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
27. eriosoma (Doubleday, 1843) (Throughout India)
28. minutus Dufay, 1970 (Kerala)
29. permissa (Walker, 1858) (Karnataka, Kerala)
XII. Extremoplusia Ronkay, 1987
30. megaloba (Hampson, 1912) (Assam )
XIII. Scriptoplusia Ronkay, 1987
31. nigriluna (Walker, 1858) (Sikkim)
XIV. Anaplusia Ronkay, 1987
32. pannosa (Moore, 1882) (West Bengal)
XV. Loboplusia Roepke, 1941
33. vanderweelei Roepke, 1941 (India)
XVI. Anadevidia Kostrowicki, 1961
34. hebetata (Butler, 1889) (Uttarakhand, Meghalaya )
35 peponis (Fabricius, 1775) (Orissa)
Plusiini Boisduval, 1928
XVII. Erythroplusia Ichinose, 1962
36. pyropia (Butler, 1879) (Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim)
37. rutilifrons (Walker, 1858) (Sikkim)
XVIII. Macdunnoughia Kostrowicki, 1961
38. confusa (Stephens, 1850) (Himachal Pradesh,Tamil Nadu, Kerala)
39. kashmirensis Rajesh Kumar, 2013 (Jammu & Kashmir)
40. crassisigna (Warren, 1913) (Himalayan region, Tamil Nadu, Kerala)
41. tetragona (Walker, 1858) (West Bengal)
XIX. Sclerogenia Ichinose, 1973
42. jessica (Butler, 1878) (Kashmir, Himalayan region)
XX. Antoculeora Ichinose, 1973
43. ornatissima (Walker, 1858) (Sikkim, North Western Himalaya)
XXI. Diachrysia Hubner, 1821
44. bieti (Oberthur, 1884) (Himalayan region)
XXII. Euchalcia Hubner, 1821
45. cashmirensis Moore, 1881 (Kashmir)
46. orophasma (Boursin, 1960) (Kashmir, Northern Himalaya)
47. xanthoides Dufay, 1968 (Kashmir)
48. nepalina Hreblay & Plante, 1995 ( Southern Himalaya, Utter Pradesh)
49. modestoides Poole, 1989 (Himachal Pradesh)
50. serraticornis Dufay, 1965 (Kashmir)
XXIII. Panchrysia Hubner, 1821
51. deaurata (Esper, 1787) (North Western Himalaya)
XXIV. Autographa Hubner, 1821
52. argyrosigna (Moore, 1882) (Kashmir)
53. camptosema (Hampson, 1913) (Kashmir)
54. crypta Dufay, 1973 ( Himalayan region)
55. dudgeoni (Hampson, 1913) (Sikkim)
56. nigrisigna (Walker, 1858) (Kashmir)
57. purpureofusa (Hampson, 1894) (Sikkim)
58. schalisema (Hampson, 1913) (Southern Himalaya)
XXV. Cornutiplusia Kostrowicki, 1961
59. circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767) (West Bengal)
*Note: Distribution data provided in the brackets are from available literature, materials studied at NPC. This data is not static, use distribution data cautiously.