Amyna punctum

Amyna punctum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Amyna
Species: A. punctum
Binomial name
Amyna punctum
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Noctua punctum Fabricius, 1794
  • Noctua annulata Fabricius, 1794
  • Amyna selenampha Guenée, 1852
  • Alamis spoliata Walker, 1858
  • Hama latipennis Wallengren, 1860
  • Amyna subtracta Walker, 1862
  • Perigea trivenefica Wallengren, 1863
  • Perigea urba Wallengren, 1863
  • Hadena latipennis Walker, 1865
  • Perigea natalensis Wallengren, 1865
  • Hesperimorpha paradoxa Saalmüller, 1880

Amyna punctum is a moth of the Noctuidae family.

Distribution

This moth can be found throughout subtropical Africa and Australasia.[1]

Food plants

The larvae feed on Croton (Euphorbiaceae).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Afromoths.net
  2. ↑ nic.funet.fi

External links


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