Asota dohertyi

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Asota dohertyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. dohertyi
Binomial name
Asota dohertyi
Rothschild, 1897

Asota dohertyi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1897. It is found on Sulawesi. [1]

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References

  1. Zwier, Jaap. "Asota dohertyi Rothschild, 1897". Aganainae (Snouted Tigers). Retrieved August 5, 2019.