Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- genus
- Achaea
- species
- Achaea janata
Name
- Synonyms
- Achaea argilla Swinhoe, 1901
- Achaea melicerte Linnaeus, 1758
- Achaea melicertella Gaede, 1938
- Achaea melicertella Strand, 1914
- Achaea melicertoides Gaede, 1938
- Achaea melicertoides Strand, 1914
- Catocala traversii Fereday, 1877
- Geometra janata Linnaeus, 1758
- Noctua cyathina MacLeay, 1826
- Noctua melicerta Drury, 1773
- Noctua tigrina Fabricius, 1781
- Ophiusa ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Phalaena janata Linnaeus, 1758
- Homonyms
- Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Croton caterpillar in English
- croton caterpillar in English
- croton caterpillar in language.
Bibliographic References
- Starr, Forest, and Kim Starr, 2011: New arthropod records from Maui Nu. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, vol. 109. 35-42.
- Yoshioka, Ernest R., and George P. Markin, 1993: Outbreak of Achaea janata (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Christmas Berry in Hawai'i. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, vol. 32. 153-155.
- Zimmerman (1958a), https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/7336