Anomis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.[1][2]

Anomis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Scoliopteryginae
Tribe: Anomini
Genus: Anomis
Hübner, [1821]
Synonyms
  • Amarna Walker, 1857
  • Anomus Agassiz, 1847
  • Capitaria Walker, 1869
  • Cosmophila Boisduval, 1833
  • Deinopalpus Holland, 1894
  • Deremma Walker, 1865
  • Gonepteronia Kenrick, 1917
  • Gonitis Guenée, 1852
  • Gonopteronia Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Molopa C. Swinhoe, 1902
  • Ristra Walker, 1858
  • Rusicada Walker, 1858
  • Scoedisa Walker, 1858
  • Tiridata Walker, 1865
from Sri Lanka

Description

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Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long and slender. Front tuft is blunt. Antennae minutely ciliated in male or pectinated. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless. Forewings with produced and acute apex. Outer margin angled or produced to a point in the middle. Hindwings with vein 5 from below center of discocellulars. Larva with non-swollen thoracic somites.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Anomis Hübner, [1821]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Anomis Hübner, 1821". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.