Amyna punctum

Amyna punctum is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. This moth can be found throughout subtropical African countries such as South Africa, Madagascar and Australasian countries like India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Borneo and the Andaman Islands.[1]

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

Description

Its wingspan is about 30–36 mm. Forewings of the male with no vesicle in cell. Fuscous brown with an olive tinge in body. Legs ringed with ochreous. Forewings with irregularly waved black line on sub-basal, antemedial, postmedial and sub-marginal areas. Submarginal line indistinct. There is a marginal specks series can be seen. Orbicular and reniform very indistinct, where reniform with its lower part obscured by a prominent ochreous spot in the typical form. Hindwings with traces of a postmedial waved line. Ventral side suffused with white. There is a crenulate sub-marginal line of hindwings can be seen.[2]

Ecology

The larvae feed on Croton (Euphorbiaceae),[3] Triticum vulgare, Gossypium species, and Tricitum aestivum.[4]

References
  1. "Amyna punctum distribution". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  4. "Amyna punctum, (Fabricius, 1794)". African Moths. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 3 August 2016.


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