Anomis flava Fabricius, 1793

Host plants:
The caterpillar lives on various mallows (Malvaceae).

Habitat:
Anomis flava inhabits subtropical agricultural land, rubble places, roadsides verges and similar places. In La Palma, I found many larvae on a coastal ruderal terrain.

Life cycle:
Anomis flava has an uninterrupted succession of generations. The caterpillars are notable for their feeding traces. They usually sit on the underside of leaves.

Remarks:
Anomis flava is widespread in Africa, south Asia, Australia and Oceania. It also occurs in the Canary Islands (Spain). Anomis flava is at times feared as harmful in cotton cultivation.

After details of the moth and pupae morphology, Anomis flava is closely related to our Scoliopteryx libatrix.
Anomis flava shows a clear sexual dichroism. Males are darker and the females more yellowish.