Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam
Author
Swezey, O. H.
Experiment Station Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu
text
1946
1942-12-20
Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189
Honolulu, Hawaii
Insects of Guam II
163
185
book chapter
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Anticarsia irrorata
(Fabricius)
.
Noctua irrorata
Fabricius
,
Spec. Ins.
2:
Appendix, 506,
1781
.
Anticarsia irrorata,
Tams
,
Ins.
<collectingCountry box="[1062,1178,2221,2263]" name="Samoa" pageId="11" pageNumber="174">Samoa</collectingCountry>
3
(
4
):
227
,
1935
.
Piti, Sept. 11,
one specimen
at light, Swezey. Oakley collected it more abundantly in 1938
.
This moth was described from
India
. It is also recorded from
Madagascar
, Rapa, Society Islands, and
Samoa
, indicating a wide range of distribution. Now recorded from
Guam
for the first time.