Asota caricae

Tropical tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species: A. caricae
Binomial name
Asota caricae
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua caricae Fabricius, 1775
  • Psephea alciphron Cramer, [1777]
  • Asota euroa Rothschild, 1897
  • Asota anawa Swinhoe, 1903

Asota caricae, the tropical tiger moth,[1] is a species of noctuoid moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India and Sri Lanka to Queensland and Vanuatu.

Description

The wingspan is 51–58 mm. Palpi with black spots on 1st and 2nd joints. Forewings brownish fuscous. There is a basal orange patch with two subbasal black spots and a series of three spots on its outer edge. The veins are streaked with white. There is a white spot at lower angle of cell. Hindwings are orange yellow. A black spot at the end of the cell, one beyond, one below vein 2 and a submarginal irregular series which sometimes becomes a nearly complete marginal band. The veins crossing the band are yellowish. Larva black above and brown below. There are two dorsal white bands, a sub-dorsal black spot on each somite. A series of lateral black specks present with sparse black hairs. Head is reddish.[2]

Ecology

The larvae have been recorded on Ficus, Broussonetia, Mesua, Tectona and Shorea species. Pupation is in a slight cocoon, fixed to a leaf. The species is found in forest and agricultural areas.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Occurrence record map of Asota caricae". The Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Asota caricae Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Asota caricae Fabricius". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 22 July 2016.


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