SUBFAMILY PLUSIINAE
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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.


Argyrogramma signata


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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