Anuga multiplicans

Anuga multiplicans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Euteliidae
Genus: Anuga
Species:
A. multiplicans
Binomial name
Anuga multiplicans
Walker, 1858

Anuga multiplicans is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines and Borneo.

Forewings darker and with subtornal orange spot. Discal spot on hindwing. Hindwing tornus is orange.[3]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized. However, subspecies rotunda is sometimes considered to be a sister-species of A. multiplicans.[4]

  • Anuga multiplicans elegans Prout, 1928
  • Anuga multiplicans rotunda Walker, 1858

References

  1. ^ "Species Details: Anuga multiplicans Walker, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Anuga kobesi sp. n". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Anuga rotunda Holloway stat. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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