Asota diana

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Asota diana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. diana
Binomial name
Asota diana
(Butler, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Hypsa dianaButler, 1887
  • Asota shortlandicaPagenstecher, 1900
  • Asota nervosaRothschild & Jordan, 1901

Asota diana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1887. It is found on Solomon Islands and in Indonesia. [1]

The wingspan is 56–59 mm.

Subspecies

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References

  1. Zwier, Jaap. "Asota diana diana Butler, 1887". Aganainae (Snouted Tigers). Retrieved August 5, 2019.