Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)

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FAMILY Erebidae
SUBFAMILY Erebinae
GENUS Anomis
SPECIES flava
AUTHOR(Fabricius, 1775)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONN.[octua] flava
TYPE LOCALITY[India], "Habitat in India orientali".
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Not stated.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Fabricius J. C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. - — :1-832.
PAGINATION 601 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
aurantiaca (Prittwitz, 1867) Synonym of species
edentata (Walker, 1857) Synonym of species
fimbriago (Stephens, 1829) Synonym of species
indica (Guenée, 1852) Synonym of species
serrata Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 Synonym of species
stigmatizans (Fabricius, 1775) Synonym of species
variolosa (Walker, 1857) Synonym of species
xanthindyma (Boisduval, 1833) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Benin   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Botswana     TMSA
Burkina Faso   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Cameroon   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Cape Verde São Vicente Báez M. & García A. 2005. Lepidoptera. - In: Arechavaleta M., Zurita N., Marrero M. C. & Martín J. L. (eds). Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres). - — :1-155; chapter pagination 87-90. 88
Cape Verde Santo Antão Báez M. & García A. 2005. Lepidoptera. - In: Arechavaleta M., Zurita N., Marrero M. C. & Martín J. L. (eds). Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres). - — :1-155; chapter pagination 87-90. 88
Chad   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Comoros   Guillermet C. 2005d. Les Hétérocères ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 1. Famille des Noctuidae Quadrifides. - — :1-532, pls 1-13. 321
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Fletcher D. S. 1963a. Exploration du Parc National Albert (deuxième série). 1. Geometridae; 2. Noctuidae. - — 15(1):1-70, 14 pls; 2: 71-155, 14 pls. 112
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga   N. Voaden
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the   Walker F. 1858b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIII.- Noctuidae. - — 13 (1857):i-iv, 983-1236. 987 (as indica)
Equatorial Guinea Annobon Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Eritrea   Berio E. 1939a. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea I. Lista delle specie con descrizioni delle nuove entità raccolte negli anni 1934 al 1937 dal sig. Francesco Vaccaro. - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 17(1):47-62, pls 1-2. 57
Eswatini     TMSA
Ethiopia   Berio E. 1944. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Lepidoptera Agaristidae e Noctuidae. - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 23:74-79. 78
Gambia   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Ghana   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Kenya   Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. - — :1-47. 35
Lesotho     TMSA
Madagascar   Butler A. G. 1884b. On a collection of Lepidoptera made by Major J. W. Yerbury at or near Aden. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884:478-503, pl. 46. 497 (as xanthindyma)
Malawi   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Mali   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Mauritius   Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. - — :1-122, pls 1-16. 94 (as xanthindyma)
Mauritius Rodrigues Butler A. G. 1879e. Lepidoptera. - In: An account of the petrological, botanical and zoological collections made in Kerguelen's Land and Rodriguez during the Transit of Venus Expedition carried out by Order of Her Majesty's Government in the years 1874-75. - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 168:541-544. 541 (as xanthindyma)
Mozambique     TMSA
Namibia   Wallengren H. D. J. 1872. Bidrag till Södra Afrikas Fjärilfauna. - Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 29(3):41-61. 51 (as xanthindyma)
Niger   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Nigeria   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Oman   Wiltshire E. P. 1980b. The larger moths of Dhofar and their zoogeographic composition. - Journal of Oman Studies Special Rep. 2:187-216. 206
Réunion   Boisduval J. B. A. 1833b. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptères. Avec des notes sur les moeurs, par M. Sganzin. - — :1-122, pls 1-16. 94 (as xanthindyma)
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Ascension McLachlan R. 1878. Destructive insects in the island of Ascension. - Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 15:79-80. 80 (as xanthindyma)
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Wollaston T. V. 1879. Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Helena, with descriptions of new species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 3(15):219-233; (17): 329-343; (18): 415-441. 229 (as indica)
Saudi Arabia   Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. - In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2:179-240. 236
Senegal   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Seychelles Mahé Joannis J. de 1894. Mission scientifique de Ch. Alluaud des îles Seychelles. - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 63:425-438. 433
Seychelles Silhouette Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. - Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A)37 (1965):1-210, pls 1-16. 151
Sierra Leone   Walker F. 1858b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIII.- Noctuidae. - — 13 (1857):i-iv, 983-1236. 987 (as indica)
Somalia   Hampson G. F. 1916a. On moths from Somaliland. - In: Poulton E. B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(1):91-182, pls 1-2. 135
South Africa Eastern Cape   TMSA
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 16(96):394-420. 404 (as indica)
South Africa Limpopo   TMSA
South Africa Mpumalanga   TMSA
South Africa Gauteng   TMSA
South Africa Northern Cape   TMSA
South Africa Free State   TMSA
Sudan   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
São Tomé & Príncipe São Tomé Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
São Tomé & Príncipe Príncipe Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Tanzania   Berio E. 1956d. Eteroceri raccolti dal Dr. Carlo Prola durante la spedizione alle isole dell'Africa orientale con descrizione di specie nuove (Lepidoptera). - Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 86(5-6):82-87. 86
Togo   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Uganda   Nyiira Z. M. 1973. Pest status of thrips and lepidopterous species on vegetables in Uganda. - East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 39(2):131-135. 132
Yemen Socotra Hacker H. H. & Saldaitis A. 2010. Noctuidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) with notes on the fauna of the southern Arabian Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). - Esperiana Memoir 5:172-241. 198
Yemen   Butler A. G. 1884b. On a collection of Lepidoptera made by Major J. W. Yerbury at or near Aden. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884:478-503, pl. 46. 497 (as xanthindyma)
Zambia   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688
Zimbabwe   Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. - Lambillionea 96(4):683-693. 688

Notes:  Australasian: Australia, Christmas Island, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Maldives, Mariana, Marquesas, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu; Nearctic: U.S.A.; Neotropical: Ecuador (Easter Island); Oriental: India, Pakistan, Philippines; Palaearctic: China, Israel, Japan, Morocco, Spain (Canary Islands).

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Malvaceae Gossypium sp. Kenya Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. - — :1-47. 35
Malvaceae Hibiscus sp. South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 227
Malvaceae Hibiscus liliiflorus Seychelles Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. - Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A)37 (1965):1-210, pls 1-16. 151
Malvaceae Bombax malabaricum Kenya Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. - — :1-47. 35
Convolvulaceae Ipomoea sp. Ascension Robinson G. S. & Kirke C. M. S. 1990. Lepidoptera of Ascension Island - a review. - Journal of Natural History 24(1):119-135. 126
Solanaceae Lycopersicon sp. Ascension Robinson G. S. & Kirke C. M. S. 1990. Lepidoptera of Ascension Island - a review. - Journal of Natural History 24(1):119-135. 126
Malvaceae Sida sp. Ascension Robinson G. S. & Kirke C. M. S. 1990. Lepidoptera of Ascension Island - a review. - Journal of Natural History 24(1):119-135. 126
Fabaceae Vigna sp. Ascension Robinson G. S. & Kirke C. M. S. 1990. Lepidoptera of Ascension Island - a review. - Journal of Natural History 24(1):119-135. 126
Malvaceae Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Seychelles Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. - — :1-130, 32 pls. 77
Malvaceae Gossypium sp. Seychelles Gerlach J. & Matyot P. 2006. Lepidoptera of the Seychelles islands. - — :1-130, 32 pls. 77
Malvaceae Gossypium sp. South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785. 276
Malvaceae Hibiscus esculentus Uganda Nyiira Z. M. 1973. Pest status of thrips and lepidopterous species on vegetables in Uganda. - East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 39(2):131-135. 132
Malvaceae Sida rhombifolia Réunion Bippus M. 2018. New Erebidae from the Mascarene islands and about some Madagascar Lepidoptera (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). - Phelsuma 26:10-43. 20
Malvaceae Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Réunion Bippus M. 2018. New Erebidae from the Mascarene islands and about some Madagascar Lepidoptera (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). - Phelsuma 26:10-43. 20
Malvaceae Sida rhombifolia Madagascar Bippus M. 2018. New Erebidae from the Mascarene islands and about some Madagascar Lepidoptera (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). - Phelsuma 26:10-43. 20
Malvaceae Gossypium sp. Mauritius Mamet J. R. & Williams J. R. 1993. The recorded foodplants of Mauritian insects. - — 35:1-202.
Rosaceae Rosa sp. Cape Verde Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. - Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 95:91-97. 95
Malvaceae Althaea sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 192
Malvaceae Gossypium sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 192
Malvaceae Hibiscus sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 192
Malvaceae Sida sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 192
Cucurbitaceae Sechium edule East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 192 (doubtful)
Malvaceae Ceiba ventricosa East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 192 (as Chorisia v.)
Malvaceae Abutilon indicum Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 18(1-2):15-31. 25
Malvaceae Alcea rosea Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1944. Further notes on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. Series IV. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 18(1-2):15-31. 25 (as hollyhock)
Malvaceae Abutilon indicum South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 66
Malvaceae Hibiscus micranthus South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 82 (as H. gossypinus)

*   Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1944: 25). Malvaceae (see C. Guillermet 2005d: 321).

Species Parasitoids

FAMILYSPECIESCOUNTRYPUBLICATION
Ichneumonidae Enicospilus dolosus Réunion Rousse P. & van Noort S. 2014. Afrotropical Ophioninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae): an update of Gauld and Mitchell's revision, including two new species and an interactive matrix identification key. - ZooKeys 456:59-73.