Anomis flava

Anomis flava, the cotton looper, tropical anomis or white-pupiled scallop moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in large parts of the world, including China, Hawaii, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Society Islands, Thailand, New Zealand,[1] and Australia (New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia). Subspecies Anomis flava fimbriago is found in North America.

Anomis flava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Scoliopteryginae
Genus: Anomis
Species:
A. flava
Binomial name
Anomis flava
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
  • Noctua flava
  • Noctua sigmatizans
  • Cosmophila xanthindyma
  • Cosmophila indica
  • Cirroedia variolosa
  • Cirroedia edentata
  • Cosmophila aurantiaca

The wingspan is about 28 mm.

The larvae feed on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Hibiscus cannabinus and Legnephora moorei and Gossypium hirsutum.

Subspecies
  • Anomis flava flava
  • Anomis flava fimbriago (Stephens, 1829)
  • Female dorsal view
  • Female ventral view
  • Male dorsal view
  • Male ventral view
  • Live
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References
  1. "Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  • Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.


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