Scriptoplusia nigriluna

Scriptoplusia nigriluna is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.^[1] It is found throughout the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,^[2] Bangladesh, Japan^[3] and the South East Asian region.

Scriptoplusia nigriluna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Scriptoplusia
Species:	S. nigriluna
Binomial name
Scriptoplusia nigriluna (Walker, [1858])
Synonyms
Plusia nigriluna Walker, [1858] Argyrogramma hokowensis I. Chou & T. Lu, 1979 Scriptoplusia kuznetzovi Klyuchko & L. Ronkay, 1990 Plusia didymospila Turner, 1933

Two subspecies are known - Scriptoplusia nigriluna nigriluna and Scriptoplusia nigriluna noona. Larval host plants include Acalypha species.^[4]