Anomis involuta (Walker, [1858])
(one synonym : Gonitis basalis)
 CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 28 May 2007)


(Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast)

This caterpillar is mainly green, with black spots, and a pale brown head. It has reduced prolegs, and progresses in a looper fashion.


(Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast)

It is a pest on :

  • Jute ( Corchorus, MALVACEAE ),

    and has also been found feeding on :

  • Cottonwood ( Hibiscus tiliaceus, MALVACEAE ), and
  • Brown kurrajong ( Commersonia bartramia, STERCULIACEAE ).


    (Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast)

    The Caterpillar grows to a length of about 3 cms.


    leaves parted to show caterpillar about to pupate, constructing its cocoon
    (Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast)

    It pupates in a sparse cocoon between a pair of leaves on the foodplant.


    (Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast)

    The adult moth of this species is brown with a variable pale sinuous pattern and a central white spot on each forewing.


    (Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast)

    The moths have a wing span of about 4 cms.


    (Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast)

    The species occurs in south-east Asia and the south Pacific, including:

  • Cook Islands,
  • Hong Kong,
  • JAPAN,
  • Korea,
  • Norfolk Island,
  • Society Island, and
  • Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and New South Wales in Australia.


    (Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast)

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 449.

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