Ctenoplusia phocea (Hampson, 1910)

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 : 242

Ctenoplusia phocea (Hampson, 1910)

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Material examined. Gambella region, Gambella, 400 m, VIII.1987. Leg. Kravchenko V.; Bako Gazer woreda, Mago National Park, 600 m, VIII.2011. Leg. Kravchenko V.

Literature. Behounek & Ronkay 1989; Behounek et al. 2010; Dufay 1970; Dufay & Laporte 1977; Kravchenko et al. 2007.

General distribution pattern. throughout tropical and subtropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea including Island Bioco, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, São Tomé & Principe, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. In the Palearctic region it is known from Yemen.

Distribution in Ethiopia. In western and southern Ethiopia (Gambella, Oromia and Omo regions).