''Anomis nigritarsis'' is a species of
moth of the family
Erebidae
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. It is found in
Sri Lanka
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,
India,
China
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(Hainan),
Taiwan,
Borneo,
Java,
Sulawesi
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, the
Moluccas,
Queensland,
New Caledonia
)
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, the
Solomon Islands,
Vanuatu,
Fiji
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,
Samoa and
Tonga.
The Moths of Borneo
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The larvae feed on '' Hibiscus'' and '' Urena'' species.
Subspecies
*''Anomis nigritarsis'' (Sri Lanka, India, Hainan, Taiwan, Borneo, Java)
*''Anomis nigritarsis albipuncta'' Snellen, 1880 (Sulawesi, Moluccas, Queensland, New Caledonia)
*''Anomis nigritarsis xanthochroa'' Butler, 1886 (Solomons, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga)
References
Moths described in 1858
Catocalinae
Moths of Asia
Moths of Oceania
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