''Scriptoplusia nigriluna'' is a moth of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found throughout the Oriental tropics of India,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, Bangladesh,

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and the South East Asian region. Two subspecies are known - ''Scriptoplusia nigriluna nigriluna'' and ''Scriptoplusia nigriluna noona''. Larval host plants include '' Acalypha'' species.

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Taxonomic and zoogeographical studies on the subfamily Plusiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). The Palaeotropical, Oriental and Nearctic material of the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen
Moths of Asia Moths described in 1857 Plusiinae {{Plusiinae-stub