Asota sericea

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Asota sericea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. sericea
Binomial name
Asota sericea
(Moore, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Hypsa sericeaMoore, 1878
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Asota sericea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1878. It is found in India. [1]

The wingspan is 59–64 mm.

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References

  1. Zwier, Jaap. "Asota sericea Moore 1878". Aganainae (Snouted Tigers). Retrieved August 6, 2019.