Asota egens

Asota egens is a species of noctuoid moths in the family Erebidae. It is found from Japan and the Oriental tropics, east to New Guinea.

Asota egens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Aganainae
Genus:
Asota
Species:
A. egens
Binomial name
Asota egens
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Hypsa egens Walker, 1854
  • Hypsa nebulosa Butler, 1875
  • Asota biformis Rothschild, 1897
  • Asota indica Jordan 1897
  • Asota celebensis Tams, 1935 (nec. Hopfer 1874)

The wingspan is 54–60 mm.

The larvae have been recorded on Ficus species.

Subspecies
  • Asota egens andamana (Andaman Islands)
  • Asota egens confinis (Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao and Sibuyan island)
  • Asota egens egens (China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Peninsula Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam)
  • Asota egens indica (India)
  • Asota egens intermissa (Indonesia)
  • Asota egens inversa (Indonesia)
  • Asota egens macrosticta (Enggano)
  • Asota egens nebulosa (Borneo)
  • Asota egens onusta (Nias)
  • Asota egens reducta (Philippines: Palawan, Mindoro)
  • Asota egens sumbana (Sumba)

References


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