Vittaplusia (Vittaplusia) vittata (Wallengren, 1856)

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 : 244

Vittaplusia (Vittaplusia) vittata (Wallengren, 1856)

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Material examined. Oromia Region, Rira, 3200 m, VIII.2011. Leg. Kravchenko V.; Oromia Region, Jimma, 1900 m, V.2009. Leg. Kravchenko V.

Literature. Behounek & Ronkay 1989; Behounek et al. 2010; Dufay 1972; Dufay & Laporte 1977; Hacker et al. 2001; Paulian & Viette 1955; Pinhey 1975; Ronkay 1987; Rougeot 1983; Zahiri et al. 2007; Zahiri & Fibiger 2008.

General distribution pattern. In eastern tropical and subtropical Africa: Botswana, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Réunion, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Saint Helena, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In the Palearctic region it has been recorded from Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel and even south Iran ( Zahiri, Plössl & Tarmann 2007). One, most probably introduced, specimen was found in southern England.

Distribution in Ethiopia. Throughout country except elevations above 3.000 m. Common.

Host plants. Polyphagous on different Asteraceae (Compositae) and Solanaceae .