Thysanoplusia (Exquiplusia) exquisita, Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

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 : 240

* Thysanoplusia (Exquiplusia) exquisita (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

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Material examined. Gambella region, Gambella. 400 m. VIII.1988. Leg. Kravchenko V.

Literature. Behounek et al. 2010; Dufay 1970; Dufay & Laporte 1977; Hacker 2004; Hacker et al. 2001; Hacker et al. 1999; Pinhey 1975; Wiltshire 1990.

General distribution pattern. In tropical and subtropical Africa: Angola, Djibouti, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In the Palearctic region it was found in south Afghanistan, Yemen, and Oman.

Distribution in Ethiopia. Everywhere except highlands above 3.000 m and deserts. Rare. In western Ethiopia common (Gambella region).

Host plants. Recorded on Senecio bupleuroides (Asteraceae) .