Scriptoplusia nigriluna

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Scriptoplusia nigriluna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Scriptoplusia
Species:
S. nigriluna
Binomial name
Scriptoplusia nigriluna
(Walker, [1858])
Synonyms
  • Plusia nigrilunaWalker, [1858]
  • Argyrogramma hokowensisI. Chou & T. Lu, 1979
  • Scriptoplusia kuznetzoviKlyuchko & L. Ronkay, 1990
  • Plusia didymospilaTurner, 1933

Scriptoplusia nigriluna is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. [1] It is found throughout the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, [2] Bangladesh, Japan [3] and the South East Asian region.

Two subspecies are known - Scriptoplusia nigriluna nigriluna and Scriptoplusia nigriluna noona. Larval host plants include Acalypha species. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Scriptoplusia nigriluna Walker, 1857". 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 – via Academia.
  3. ↑ "クロガネキンウワバ Scriptoplusia nigriluna (Walker, [1858])". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Scriptoplusia nigriluna (Walker, [1858])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 October 2018.


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