Anuga multiplicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
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. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 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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