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Argyrogramma
signata Fabricius
Noctua signata Fabricius, 1794, Entomologica Syst. 3(2):
81.
Plusia diminuta Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects
Colln Br. Mus. 33: 837.
Plusia signata Fabricius; Holloway, 1976: 32.
Diagnosis. The species has dark purplish brown forewings like nigriluna but
they are more uniform with the dot of the bright maculation smaller than the
�u� rather than larger.
Geographical range. Widespread in the Old World tropics to as far east as
Tonga and the Cook Is.
Habitat preference. This is probably a species of secondary and disturbed
vegetation but Bornean material is sparse.
Biology. The species has been reared from Eucalyptus in New Guinea (CIE
records).
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