PLUSIINAE
(a subfamily of shuttle moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Abrostola tripartita
Spectacle
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 		Species 17 images
Plusiini
a tribe of moths
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 		Tribe 5 subtaxa 46 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyPLUSIINAE (a subfamily of shuttle moths)
FamilyNOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1983 Noctuidae (Cucullinae to Hypeninae) and Agaristidae (vol 10) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 10, Harley Books

PLUSIINAE (a subfamily of shuttle moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PLUSIINAE (a subfamily of shuttle moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 34 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PLUSIINAE (a subfamily of shuttle moths)
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