Biology:Anomis involuta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Scoliopteryginae |
| Genus: | Anomis |
| Species: | A. involuta
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| Anomis involuta (Walker, [1858])[1]
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Anomis involuta, the jute looper or hibiscus cutworm, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It has a wide distribution, including the Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Japan , Korea, the Society Islands and Australia (including Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Norfolk Island). It is also known from Kenya and Somalia.[2]
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are brown with a variable pale pattern and a central white spot on each forewing.
The larvae are considered a pest on Corchorus species, but have also been recorded feeding on Hibiscus tiliaceus and Commersonia bartramia. They are green with black spots and a pale brown head. Full-grown larvae are bout 30 mm long. Pupation takes place in a cocoon between the leaves of the host plant.[3]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q4769963 entry
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