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Scriptoplusia nigriluna

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

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Scriptoplusia nigriluna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Scriptoplusia
Species:
S. nigriluna
Binomial name
Scriptoplusia nigriluna
(Walker, [1858])
Synonyms
  • Plusia nigriluna Walker, [1858]
  • Argyrogramma hokowensis I. Chou & T. Lu, 1979
  • Scriptoplusia kuznetzovi Klyuchko & L. Ronkay, 1990
  • Plusia didymospila Turner, 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, Japan3 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 (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 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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