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Anomis flava

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Scientific name
  
Anomis flava

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Scoliopteryginae

Rank
  
Species

Anomis flava Anomis flava

Similar
  
Anomis, Anomis involuta, Anticarsia irrorata, Anomis sabulifera, Amyna axis

Anomis flava, the cotton looper, tropical anomis or white-pupiled scallop moth, is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in large parts of the world, including China, Hawaii, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Society Islands, Thailand and Australia (New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia). Subspecies Anomis flava fimbriago is found in North America.

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The wingspan is about 28 mm.

The larvae feed on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Hibiscus cannabinus and Legnephora moorei and Gossypium hirsutum.

Subspecies

  • Anomis flava flava
  • Anomis flava fimbriago (Stephens, 1829)

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    References

    Anomis flava Wikipedia