Asota egens

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Asota egens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. egens
Binomial name
Asota egens
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Hypsa egensWalker, 1854
  • Hypsa nebulosaButler, 1875
  • Asota biformisRothschild, 1897
  • Asota indicaJordan 1897
  • Asota celebensisTams, 1935

(nec. Hopfer 1874)

Asota egens is a species of noctuoid moths in the family Erebidae. It is found from Japan and the Oriental tropics, east to New Guinea.

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The wingspan is 54–60 mm.

The larvae have been recorded on Ficus species.

Subspecies

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