Plutella

Plutella Schrank, 1802

Plutella Schrank, 1802; Fauna Boica 2 (2): 169; TS: Phalaena xylostella Linnaeus
Anadetia Hübner, [1825]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (23-27): 405
- = Plutella; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Euota Hübner, [1825]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (23-27): 408
- = Plutella; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Creagria Sodoffsky, 1837; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6): 94 (repl.)
- = Plutella; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Evota Agassiz, 1847; (emend.)
- = Plutella; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Subgenus Pseudoplutella Baraniak, 2007 (Plutella)
- = Plutella; [RFEL]
Subgenus Plutelloptera Baraniak, 2007 (Plutella)
- = Plutella; [RFEL]

Anadetia; [NHM-BMW]
Cerostoma; [NHM-BMW]
Creagria; [NHM-BMW]
Euota; [NHM-BMW]
Evota; [NHM-BMW]
Plutella; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Plutella (Hyponomeutidae); Walsingham, 1907, Fauna Hawaiiensis 1 (5): 652
Plutella (Plutellidae); [NACL], 26; [RFEL]
Plutella (Plutellinae); [AUCL]
Plutelloptera; [NHM-BMW]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Cerostoma; Stephens, 1834, Ill. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 4 (2): 341

Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Asia, AU. See [maps] Kaalikoi Diamond-back Moth

Phalaena (Tinea) xylostella Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 538; TL: [Sweden]
Tinea cinerea Geoffroy, 1785
- = ; [AUCL]
Cerostoma maculipennis Curtis, 1832; British Entomology: 2, 9: pl. 420
- = ; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Plutella annulatellus Wood, 1839
- = ; [AUCL]
Plutella cruciferarum Zeller, 1843; Stettin ent. Ztg 4 (9): 283
- = ; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Plutella brassicella Fitch, 1856
- = ; [NACL], #2366; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Plutella limbipennella Clemens, 1860
- = ; [NACL], #2366; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Plutella mollipedella Clemens, 1860
- = ; [NACL], #2366; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Gelechia cicerella Rondani, 1876
- = ; [NACL], #2366; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Tinea galeatella Mabille, 1888
- = ; [NACL], #2366; [RFEL]
Cerostoma dubiosella Beutenmüller, 1889
- = ; [NACL], #2366; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Plutella albovenosa Walsingham, 1907; Fauna Hawaiiensis 1 (5): 653, pl. 25, f. 11; TL: Oahu, Waialua
- = ; [AUCL]; [RFEL]
Plutella megapterella Bentinck, 1934
- = ; [AUCL]
Plutella karsholtella Baraniak, 2003
- = ; [RFEL]

Plutella annulatella; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Plutella dudiosalla[sic]; Moriuti, 1977
Plutella karsholtella; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Plutella maculipennis; Walsingham, 1907, Fauna Hawaiiensis 1 (5): 652; Dugdale, 1971, Pacif. Ins. Monogr. 27: 109
Plutella xylostella; [NACL], #2366; [MBGB3]; [AUCL]; [RFEL]; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 5; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [AFM] ; [BAMONA] ; [SVF] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

1116x906 (~101Kb) Iceland, Reykjavik, 31.7.2006, Photo © Johannes Skaftason

1497x1125 (~177Kb) pupa Iceland, Reykjavik, 20.8.2006, Photo © Johannes Skaftason

842x442 (~84Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 30.5.2020 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov

Plutella hyperboreella Strand, 1902

NEU. See [maps]

Plutella hyperboreella; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [SVF]

Plutella geniatella Zeller, 1839

Plutella geniatella; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Plutella porrectella (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Asia Minor, NA. See [maps]

Phalaena porrectella Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 540
hesperidella (Hübner, 1796)
- = ; [NACL], #2363
Plutella vigilaciella Clemens, 1860
- = ; [NACL], #2363

Plutella porrectella; [NACL], #2363; [MBGB3]; [RFEL]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA] ; [SVF]

Plutella haasi Staudinger, 1883

NEU. See [maps]

Plutella haasi Staudinger, 1883; Stettin Ent. Ztg 44 (4-6): 183; TL: Norway, Dovre mountains

Plutella haasi; [MBGB3]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [SVF]

Plutella mariae Rebel, 1923 Novaja Zemlja

Plutella mariae; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Plutella polaris Zeller, 1880 Spitsbergen

Plutella polaris continetalis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Plutella polaris; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

The NA species-group

Plutella albidorsella Walsingham, 1881

Eidophasia albidorsella; ; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Plutella albidorsella; [NACL], #2357; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Plutella armoraciae Busck, 1912

Plutella monochlora Meyrick, 1914
- = ; [NACL], #2358

Plutella amoraciae[sic, armoraciae]; Marsh, 1913
Plutella armoraciae; [NACL], #2358; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
Plutella monochlora; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Plutella dammersi Busck, 1934

Eidophasia dammersi; ; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
Plutella dammersi; [NACL], #2359; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Plutella interrupta Walsingham, 1881

Plutella interrupta; [NACL], #2360; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Rhigognostis interrupta; ; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]

Plutella notabilis Busck, 1904

Plutella notabilis; [NACL], #2361; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Plutella omissa Walsingham, 1889

Plutella omissa; [NACL], #2362; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Plutella poulella Busck, 1904

Plutella poulella; [NACL], #2364; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Rhigognostis poulella; ; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]

Plutella vanella Walsingham, 1881

Eidophasia vanella; ; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
Plutella vanella; [NACL], #2365; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Plutella psammochroa Meyrick, 1886; Trans. N.Z. Inst. 18: 179; TL: Otira River, New Zealand; E.Australia

Plutella psammochroa; [AUCL], (no available genus); [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist]

References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Johannes Skaftason]
Iceland; e-mail: Johannes Skaftason
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Cock, 2017
A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies Insecta Mundi 585 : 1-58
Curtis, 1832
British Entomology; being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insecta found in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing coloured Figures from Nature of the Most Rare and Beautiful Species, an in Many Instances of the Plants Upon Which They are Found British Entomology 1: pl. 1-50 (1824), 2: pl. 51-98 (1825), 3: pl. 99-146 (1826), 4: pl. 147-194 (1827), 5: pl. 195-241 (1828), 6: pl. 242-289 (1829), 7: pl. 290-337 (1830), 8: pl. 338-383 (1831), 9: pl. 384-433 (1832), 10: pl. 434-481 (1833), 11: pl. 482-529 (1834), 12: pl. 530-577 (1835), 13: pl. 578-625 (1836), 14: pl. 626-673 (1837), 15: pl. 674-721 (1838), 16: pl. 722-769 (1839)
Dugdale, 1971
Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, exluding non-crambine Pyralidae Pacif. Ins. Monogr. 27 : 55-172
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hübner, [1825]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
[MBGB3]; Maitland, 1996
The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, 3: Yponomeutidae - Elachistidae
Meyrick, 1886
Description of New Zealand Micro-Lepidotera Trans. N.Z. Inst. 18 : 162-183
[AUCL]; Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: 1-529
Schrank, 1802
Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere Fauna Boica 2 (2) : 1-412
Sodoffsky, 1837
Entomologische untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6) : 76-97
Staudinger, 1883
Einige neue Lepidopteren Europa's Stettin Ent. Ztg 44 (4-6) : 177-186
Stephens, 1834
Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable Ill. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 4 (1): pl. 33-41 (1831), (2): 1-352 (1834), (3): 353-433 (1835)
Walsingham, 1907
Microlepidoptera Fauna Hawaiiensis 1 (5) : 469-759, pl. 10-25
Zeller, 1843
Ueber Phalaena Tin. Xylostella Lin. (Plut. xylost. auctor) Stettin ent. Ztg 4 (9) : 281-283

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