Amyna punctum
| 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 | |
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Amyna punctum is a moth of the Noctuidae family. This moth can be found throughout subtropical African countries such as South Africa, Madagascar and Australasian countries like India, Sri Lanka, Philippine, Borneo and Andaman Islands.[1]
Description
Wingspan is about 30-36mm. Fore wings of male with no vesicle in cell. Fuscous brown with an olive tinge in body. Legs ringed with ochroeous color. Fore wings 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. Hind wings with traces of a postmedial waved line. Ventral side suffused with white color. There is a crenulate sub-marginal line of hind wings can be seen.[2]
Ecology
The larvae feed on Croton (Euphorbiaceae),[3] Triticum vulgare, Gossypium sp., and Tricitum aestivum.[4]
References
- ↑ "Amyna punctum distribution". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ nic.funet.fi
- ↑ "Amyna punctum, (Fabricius, 1794)". African Moths. Retrieved 3 August 2016.