Guadeloupe, Petit-Bourg, Hauteurs Lézarde, 1-XII-84

Amyna octo (Guenée, 1852)

Noctuidae Acontiinae

Synonyms

Amyna axis Guenée
Amyna flaviguttata (Walker)
Amyna perfundens (Walker)
Amyna stricta (Walker)
Amyna cephusalis (Walker)
Amyna colon Guenée
Amyna obstructa (Walker)
Amyna vexabilis (Wallengren)
Amyna inornata (Walker)
Amyna leucospila (Walker)
Amyna albigutta (Walker)
Amyna stigmatula (Snellen)
Amyna orbica (Morrison)
Amyna undulifera Butler
Amyna tecta (Grote)
Amyna monotretalis (Mabille)
Amyna supplex (Swinhoe)
Amyna rufa (Bethune-Baker)

Biology and distribution

Polyphagous larva. In the Antilles, it has been recorded on Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae), Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae), Cardiospermum (Sapindaceae) and Sida (Malvaceae).

Fairly common in xerophilic zone in Guadeloupe.
Martinique (Presqu'île de la Caravelle).

St-Kitts.

A cosmopolitan, tropical species, migrating northward.

Legend

Male genitalia (JPG 26 Kb).
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