Anomis nigritarsis

Anomis nigritarsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
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 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)

References

1. Australian Faunal Directory
2. The Moths of Borneo