Taxonomic Information
Anomis Hübner, [1821] known species from India.
Anomis discisigna (Hampson, 1894). India: Sikkim, NE Himalaya.
Anomis figlina Butler 1889. Sri Lanka; India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala).
Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775). India: Himalaya, S & W. India.
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: Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Delhi | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775) – Cotton Looper: Abelmoschus crinitus, Abelmoschus esculentus, Alcea rosea,Bombax ceiba, Hibiscus cannabinus, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Sida rhombifolia (Malvaceae), Vigna mungo (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Goff, R. African Moths. http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/SCOLIOPTERYGINAE/anomis%20flava.htm [accessed 14 Sep 2016]
- inaturalist.org. http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/213715-Anomis-flava [accessed 14 Sep 2016]
- Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=92702 [accessed 14 Sep 2016]
- Sivasankaran et al, 2012. Indian Noctuidae checklist 2012
- jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/08Calpinae/4259%20Anomis%20flava/Anomis%20flava.htm [accessed 14 Sep 2016]
- Wikipedia contributors. Anomis flava [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2016 May 25, 23:03 UTC [cited 2016 Sep 14]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anomis_flava&oldid=722092320.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775) – Cotton Looper. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/anomis-flava, accessed 2025/11/05.