Adisura

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For historical/ mythological figure in Bengal, see Adi Sura

Adisura
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Adisura aerugo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Heliothinae
Genus: Adisura
Moore, 1881
Synonyms
  • AstonychaTurner, 1920

Adisura is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Species are found thoroughout India and Sri Lanka, Africa and some far East Asian countries. Differs from Pyrrhia species in having sparsely spined mid and hind tibia and thorax without sharp crest. [1]

Species

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References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.