Anuga multiplicans

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.

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

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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