Plusiopalpa hildebrandti is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Madagascar.[1][2]
| Plusiopalpa hildebrandti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Plusiopalpa |
| Species: | P. hildebrandti
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| Binomial name | |
| Plusiopalpa hildebrandti (Saalmüller, 1891)
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This species is related to Chrysodeixis chalcites. The wingspan of the adult moths is 35 mm.[3]
Etymology
editMax Saalmüller named this species after the botanist and traveller J.M. Hildebrandt who discovered this and other species for the collection of the Königliches Museum für Naturkunde (Royal Museum for Natural History), Berlin and who died in May 1881 in Antananarivo.[4]
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Plusiopalpa hildebrandti (Saalmüller, 1891)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ^ Kitching, Ian J. (1987). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. Vol.54 No.2; 148.
- ^ Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaskar". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 392-393, ref.711
- ^ Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaskar". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 393, bottom
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