Asota plana

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Asota plana
Asota sp. %3F (possibly Asota plana) in Yogyakarta.jpg
From Japan
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. plana
Binomial name
Asota plana
Walker, 1854
Synonyms
  • Hypsa persectaButler, 1875
  • Aganais albiferaFelder, 1874
  • Asota plana f. confluensStrand, 1915
  • Asota centralisRothschild, 1897
  • Asota cinctaRothschild, 1897
  • Asota complanaWalker, 1875
  • Asota commixtaRothschild, 1897
  • Asota fergussonisRothschild, 1897
  • Asota intermediaRothschild, 1897
  • Hypsa lacteataButler, 1881
  • Asota ternatensisRothschild, 1897
  • Asota transiensRothschild, 1897

Asota plana is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found from the Oriental tropics east to New Guinea.

Contents

Female Asota plana lacteata female.jpg
Female

Description

The wingspan is about 56 mm. The forewings have a large white patch filling the lower half of the cell and the whole area below except inner margin and extending to near outer margin. Its upper edge has two dentitions, its outer edge is irregular and a large white spot at upper angle of cell. Hindwings with the narrow marginal band. There is an extra spot towards anal angle. [1] Larva have a large head with sparsely distributed hairs on its body with dark purplish-brown ground color. The thoracic somites are pale red and there is a narrow transverse yellow band on fourth to terminal somites. [2]

Ecology

Caterpillars of Asota plana from Thiruvananthapuram, India Caterpillars of Owlet (Asota plana) moth from Thiruvananthapuram, India 03.jpg
Caterpillars of Asota plana from Thiruvananthapuram, India

Larvae have been recorded on Ficus species, where they rest on the underside of the leaf. [3]

Subspecies

Asota plana albifera Asota plana albifera (Walker, 1854).jpg
Asota plana albifera

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References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Asota plana caterpillars". natureloveyou.sg. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. "Asota plana Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 22 July 2016.