Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852), Guenee, 1852

Ronkay, Laszlo, Behounek, Gottfried & Müller, Günter C., 2015, PLusiinae (Excl. Abrostolini) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Ethiopia. A faunistical survey with biogeographical comments, Zootaxa 4013 (2), pp. 235-251 : 241

Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)

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Material examined. Tigray region, Simien Nationa Park, 3500 m., V.2005. Leg. Kravchenko V.; Tigray region, Debark, 2800 m, V.2005. Leg. Kravchenko V.

Literature. Behounek & Ronkay 1989; Behounek et al. 2010; Dufay 1970; Dufay & Laporte 1977; Fletcher 1963; Goater et al. 2003; Hacker 1999; Hacker et al. 2001; Hacker et al. 1999; Kravchenko et al. 2007; Paulian & Viette 1955; Pinhey 1975; Rougeot 1983; Wiltshire 1990.

General distribution pattern. Throughout tropical and subtropical Africa. In the Palearctic and Oriental regions it was found in the Canary Islands, Portugal, southern Spain, Arabia, the southern Himalayas, India, Indochina, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, southward to the Philippines, Indonesia, Upper- and Lower Sunda Islands, Moluccas and New Guinea.

Distribution in Ethiopia. All over country including elevations above 3.000 m.

Host plants. Polyphagous. Recorded on Geranium sp. ( Geraniaceae ), Nicotiana sp. ( Solanaceae ), Althaea sp. ( Malvaceae ), Solanum sp. ( Solanaceae ).