Anua coronata

18.Anua coronata (Fabricius). Noctua coronata Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 596, 1775. Anua coronata, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae 12: 427, fig. 101, 1913; Tams, Ins. Samoa 3 (4): 214, 1935. Agana, April 12, Bryan; Piti, Oct. 14, at light, Swezey; one in U. S. National Museum, Fullaway, 1911. This large moth has a wide distribution in India, Ceylon, Burma, Andaman Islands, Penang, Singapore, Java, Philippines, Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), Cocos Keeling, north Australia, Society Islands, Samoa and Gilbert Islands. Two specimens were obtained in Guam. Nothing was learned of its habits.Published as part of Swezey, O. H., 1946, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam, pp. 163-185 in Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii :Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189 on page 171, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.516531