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Asura floccosa

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(Redirected from Asura subcervina) Species of moth

Asura floccosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
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) and Sri Lanka.

Description

Its wingspan is about 22 mm. Antennae of male ciliated. Female has semi-diaphanous pale brownish-ochreous body. Forewings with indistinct sub-basal and medial fuscous bands. There is a spot on the discocellulars. Postmedial and marginal speck series present.

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Asura floccosa (Walker, [1865])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  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. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Taxon identifiers
Asura floccosa


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