Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 6() 1961
Studies on the Palaearctic Species of the Subfamily Plusiinae (Lepidoptera, Phalaenidae)
Abstract:
The subfamily Plusiinae is a rather compact and well known group among the family Phalaenidae. Because of characteristic coloration of the forewings, the representatives of the subfamily under consideration seem to be easily distinguishable from each other. Very possibly, due to this fact, no thorough study on this group of insects has hitherto been done. Only in 1944 J. McDunnough made a systematic revision of the subfamily Plusiinae. However, that revision was based nearly exclusively on the species occurring in the Nearctic Region. In the present paper I try to give a systematic revision of the Palaearctic species of the group in question and to complete the McDunnough work for the Holarctic Region, where originated about 50% of species of Plusiinae.
