Anomis mesogona Walker, [1858] -

Taxonomic Information

Anomis Hübner, [1821] known species from India.

Anomis combinans (Walker 1858). Sri Lanka. Now placed in Rusicada

Anomis discisigna (Hampson, 1894). India: Sikkim, NE Himalaya.

Anomis figlina Butler 1889. Sri Lanka; India: Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.

Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775). India: Himalaya.

Anomis fulvida Guenée 1852. Sri Lanka.

Anomis guttanivis (Walker, [1858]). Indian Subregion.

Anomis involuta (Walker, [1858]). Nepal; India.

Anomis mesogona (Walker 1858). Sri Lanka; India.

Anomis nigritarsis (Walker 1858). Sri Lanka; India.

Anomis sabulifera (Guenée 1852). Sri Lanka; India. African species ?

Anomis trilineata (Moore, 1883). India: Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh146
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand112
West Bengal1
Total141382

Gonitis mesogona Walker, [1858]: Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), Rubus dasycoccus, (Rosaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010), Rubus ellipticus (Rosaceae) (Bhanu & Singh in Sondhi et al. 2021).

  1. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae, pg 408, # 2300 as Cosmophila mesogona.
  2. Holloway, J. D. 2005. The Moths of Borneo. Part 15/16. Noctuidae, Catocalini. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/scoliopterygini/scoliopterygini_7_3.php [accessed 01 Sep 2016]
  3. inaturalist.org. iNaturalist.org web application at  http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372329 [accessed 01 Sep 2016]

Changed genus from Gonitis to Anomis on 21 Jul 2021 (Geetha Iyer). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Anomis mesogona Walker, [1858] – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/anomis-mesogona, accessed 2024/03/28.