Asura floccosa

Asura floccosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Asura
Species:	A. floccosa
Binomial name
	Asura floccosa; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Nudaria floccosa Walker, 1864; Nudaria subcervina Walker, 1864;

Asura floccosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India (Sikkim, Calcutta, Ganjam, Madras, Coimbatore)^[1] and Sri Lanka.^[2]

Description

Wingspan about 22mm. Antennae of male ciliated. Female has semi-diaphanous pale brownish ochreous body. Fore wings with indistinct sub-basal and medial fuscous bands. There is a spot on discocellulars. Postmedial and marginal speck series present.^[3]

References

↑ Lyclene at funet
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura floccosa". 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] Lyclene at funet

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

[3] 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.