TRIBE ANOBINI
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Plecoptera violacea Pagenstecher
Heliothis violacea Pagenstecher, 1884, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk., 37: 223.
Remigia crinigera Swinhoe, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6), 19: 168.
Plecoptera antigona Holland, 1900, Novit. zool., 7: 567.
Carteia grisea Warren, 1912, Novit. zool., 19: 51.
Carteia roeniata Warren, 1912, Novit. zool., 19: 51.


Plecoptera violacea


Diagnosis
. See P. nebulilinea above.

Geographical range. Sundaland east to New Guinea, New Caledonia and Fiji.

Habitat preference. One specimen has been recorded from Kampong Kapok, an area of habitation with some coastal vegetation, including mangrove, on the coast of Brunei.

Biology. Robinson et al. (2001) recorded Erythrina, Pterocarpus and Senna as host plants, all Leguminosae. In New Guinea, Miller et al. (unpublished) noted 286 rearings from Pterocarpus but also single records from Randia, Psychotria and Tarenna (Rubiaceae), and Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae).

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