Anomis hawaiiensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii.
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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. hawaiiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Anomis hawaiiensis (Butler, 1882)
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The larvae feed on Hibiscus species (including Hibiscus tiliaceus) and Hibiscadelphus species. The caterpillar is a green, or sometimes reddish, semi-looper.
External links
edit- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.
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