Asura solita

Asura solita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Asura
Species:	A. solita
Binomial name
	Asura solita; (Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
	Setina solita Walker, 1854; Setina solita ab. punctilinea Moore, 1878;

Asura solita is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.^[1]

Description

Wingspan is 24 in male and 26 in female. Antennae of male ciliated. In male, medial band of both wings is obsolete. Fore wings in male with the medial and postmedial series of specks almost entirely obsolete. The markings are well mearked in female.^[2]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura solita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura solita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

[2] Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.