Asura floccosa
Appearance
(Redirected from Asura subcervina)
Asura floccosa | |
---|---|
Scientific 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 | |
|
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
[edit]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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Asura floccosa (Walker, [1865])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
- ^ 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. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.