Plusia putnami ssp gracilis (Lempke, 1966)
(Lempke’s Gold Spot)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subspecies	Plusia putnami ssp gracilis (Lempke’s Gold Spot)
Species	Plusia putnami (Lempke’s Gold Spot)
Tribe	Plusiini (a tribe of moths)
Subfamily	PLUSIINAE (a subfamily of shuttle moths)
Family	NOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
Superfamily	NOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
Clade	Macrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
Clade	Obtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Plusia putnami ssp gracilis is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Apoditrysia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Townsend, M.C., Clifton, J. & Goodey, B.	2010	British and Irish moths: an illustrated guide to selected difficult species (covering the use of genitalia and other features)	91pp, Butterfly Conservation

Plusia putnami ssp gracilis (Lempke’s Gold Spot) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLUSIINAE
(a subfamily of shuttle moths)

NOCTUIDAE
(shuttle moths)

Macrolepidoptera
(macro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Plusia putnami ssp gracilis (Lempke’s Gold Spot)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Plusia putnami ssp gracilis (Lempke’s Gold Spot)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Plusia putnami ssp gracilis is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)