Asota avacta

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Asota avacta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. avacta
Binomial name
Asota avacta
C. Swinhoe, 1892

Asota avacta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. [1] It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.

The wingspan is 54–57 mm. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asota avacta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  2. Zwier, Jaap "Asota avacta Swinhoe 1892". Aganainae (Snouted Tigers). Retrieved April 17, 2020.