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| name = Ctenoplusia limbirena
| name = Scar Bank gem
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[[File:Ctenoplusia limbirena-juvenile caterpillar.jpg|thumb|left|Ctenoplusia limbirena-juvenile caterpillar]]
[[File:Ctenoplusia limbirena-juvenile caterpillar.jpg|thumb|left|Ctenoplusia limbirena-juvenile caterpillar]]
'''''Ctenoplusia limbirena''''', the '''Scar Bank gem''', is a [[moth]] of the [[Noctuidae]] family. It is found in south-western [[Europe]], [[Africa]] ([[Lesotho]], the [[Cape Province]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Transvaal Province|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]].
The '''Scar Bank gem'''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/ctenoplusia-limbirena | title=Scar Bank Gem Ctenoplusia limbirena | publisher=ukmoths | accessdate=18 August 2016}}</ref>, ('''''Ctenoplusia limbirena'''''), also known as '''Silver U-Tail''', is a [[moth]] of the [[Noctuidae]] family. It is found in south-western [[Europe]], [[Africa]] ([[Lesotho]], the [[Cape Province]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[Transvaal Province|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]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/NOCTUIIDAE/PLUSIINAE/ctenoplusia%20limbirena.htm | title=Silver U-Tail | publisher=African moths | accessdate=18 August 2016}}</ref>


==Description==
The [[wingspan]] is 40–45&nbsp;mm.
The [[wingspan]] is 40–45&nbsp;mm. Palpi with short third joint. Hind femur of male not tufted with long hair. Head and thorax clothed with grey and black scales. Abdomen pale with dark dorsal tufts. Fore wings fuscous with a copper tinged. There are ill-defined darker medial and submarginal patches can be seen. The minutely waved double sub-basal and antemedial lines with silvery specks on them. Orbicular and reniform small, indistinct and with pink edges. There is a prominent silvery "Y-mark" can be seen below the cell. The minutely waved double postmedial line angled inwards above vein 1. There are traces of an irregularly sinuous sub-marginal line and a small pinkish patch found on center of outer margin. A marginal series of black specks found. Hind wings pale at base. The outer area suffused with fuscous with pale cilia. Ventral side is with indistinct lunule at end of cell and waved postmedial line.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/207319 | title=The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii | publisher=Digital Library of India | date=1892 | accessdate=4 July 2016 | author=Hampson G. F. | pages=558}}</ref>


The larvae feed on ''[[Geranium]]'', ''[[Solanum]]'', ''[[Nicotiana]]'', ''[[Althaea (genus)|Althea]]'' ([[Malvaceae]]), ''[[Salvia]]'' and ''[[Primula]]'' species.
The larvae polyphagous and feed on ''[[Geranium]]'', ''[[Solanum]]'', ''[[Nicotiana]]'', ''[[Althaea (genus)|Althea]]'' ([[Malvaceae]]), ''[[Salvia]]'' and ''[[Primula]]'' species.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pyrgus.de/Ctenoplusia_limbirena_en.html | title=Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852) | publisher=Lepidoptera and their ecology | accessdate=18 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te-henui-group/moths/ctenoplusia-limbirena-scar-bank-gem.html | title=Ctenoplusia limbirena (Scar bank gem moth) | publisher=T.E.R:R.A.I.N - Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network | accessdate=18 August 2016}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=GB1997042680 Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Hampshire]
* [http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=2430 UKmoths]
* [http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl/journals/azc_i/pdf/49B(1-2)/11.pdf Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho]
* [http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl/journals/azc_i/pdf/49B(1-2)/11.pdf Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho]
*[http://www.ijpaz.com/zoology/taxonomic-studies-on-the-genitalic-features-of-two-species-of-genus-ctenoplusia-dufay-from-western-ghats-of-india.pdf TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON THE GENITALIC FEATURES OF TWO SPECIES OF GENUS CTENOPLUSIA DUFAY FROM WESTERN GHATS OF INDIA]


{{Wikispecies|Ctenoplusia limbirena}}
{{Wikispecies|Ctenoplusia limbirena}}

Revision as of 16:27, 18 August 2016

Scar Bank gem
Ctenoplusia limbirena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Ctenoplusia
Species:
C. limbirena
Binomial name
Ctenoplusia limbirena
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Plusia limbirena Guenée, 1852
  • Agrapha limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
Ctenoplusia limbirena-juvenile caterpillar

The Scar Bank gem[1], (Ctenoplusia limbirena), also known as Silver U-Tail, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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]

Description

The wingspan is 40–45 mm. Palpi with short third joint. Hind femur of male not tufted with long hair. Head and thorax clothed with grey and black scales. Abdomen pale with dark dorsal tufts. Fore wings fuscous with a copper tinged. There are ill-defined darker medial and submarginal patches can be seen. The minutely waved double sub-basal and antemedial lines with silvery specks on them. Orbicular and reniform small, indistinct and with pink edges. There is a prominent silvery "Y-mark" can be seen below the cell. The minutely waved double postmedial line angled inwards above vein 1. There are traces of an irregularly sinuous sub-marginal line and a small pinkish patch found on center of outer margin. A marginal series of black specks found. Hind wings pale at base. The outer area suffused with fuscous with pale cilia. Ventral side is with indistinct lunule at end of cell and waved postmedial line.[3]

The larvae polyphagous and feed on Geranium, Solanum, Nicotiana, Althea (Malvaceae), Salvia and Primula species.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Scar Bank Gem Ctenoplusia limbirena". ukmoths. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Silver U-Tail". African moths. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)". Lepidoptera and their ecology. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Ctenoplusia limbirena (Scar bank gem moth)". T.E.R:R.A.I.N - Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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