Asota producta

Asota producta is a species of noctuoid moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from Sri Lanka and India to Sundaland.[1]

Asota producta
West Malaysia, Fraser's Hill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. producta
Binomial name
Asota producta
(Butler, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Hypsa producta Butler, 1875
  • Hypsa strigivenata Butler, 1875
  • Asota producta stigmatica Rothschild, 1897

Description

The wingspan is 60–71 mm. Forewing has a basal orange patch which extending further along the costa with an extra black spot on the costa. Some subspecies have darker orange and brown colors. Larva has large head. There is a series of dorsal tubercles from 4th to terminal somite. Purplish brown with sparse hairs, the thoracic somites pale above. Some pale lateral spots present. There is a dorsal black line with oblique dorsal streaks found on somites seven to ten.[2][3]

References
  1. "Asota producta Butler". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Asota producta Butler, 1875". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 22 July 2016.


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