Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794) is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)

Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)

Amyna punctum is a moth species with specific physical traits whose larvae feed on multiple plant genera.

Family
Genus
Amyna
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1794)

This moth species has a wingspan of approximately 30–36 mm. Males lack a vesicle in the cell of the forewings. The body is fuscous brown with an olive tint, and the legs are ringed with ochreous. The forewings have irregularly waved black lines in the sub-basal, antemedial, postmedial and sub-marginal areas. The submarginal line is indistinct, and a series of marginal specks are visible. The orbicular and reniform spots are very indistinct; in the typical form, the lower part of the reniform spot is obscured by a prominent ochreous spot. The hindwings have faint traces of a waved postmedial line, and a crenulate submarginal line is visible on the hindwings. The ventral side of the moth is suffused with white. The larvae of Amyna punctum feed on Croton (Euphorbiaceae), Triticum vulgare, Triticum aestivum, and Gossypium species.

Photo: (c) Ian McMillan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ian McMillan · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Amyna

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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