Anomis nigritarsis

Anomis nigritarsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Scoliopteryginae
Genus:	Anomis
Species:	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 family Erebidae. 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)

References

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[1] Australian Faunal Directory

[2] The Moths of Borneo