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Anomis nigritarsis

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Anomis nigritarsis
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A. nigritarsis
Binomial name
Anomis nigritarsis
(Walker 1858)[1]
Synonyms
  • Rusicada nigritarsis Walker, [1858]
  • Gonitis xanthochroa Butler, 1886
  • Anomis amboinensis Swinhoe, 1920
  • Anomis albipuncta Snellen, 1880
  • Anomis ambonensis Swinhoe, 1920
  • Anomis irene Prout, 1929

Anomis nigritarsis is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, China (Hainan), Taiwan, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, Queensland, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.[2]

Adults of ssp. nigritarsis are uniform greyish red, of ssp. albipuncta dark, dull, brick-red and xanthochroa dark and mottled with broad areas of paler colour.

The larvae feed on Hibiscus and Urena species.

Subspecies

  • Anomis nigritarsis (Sri Lanka, India, Hainan, Taiwan, Borneo, Java)
  • Anomis nigritarsis albipuncta Snellen, 1880 (Sulawesi, Moluccas, Queensland, New Caledonia)
  • Anomis nigritarsis xanthochroa Butler, 1886 (Solomons, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga)

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