Asota suffusa

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Asota suffusa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. suffusa
Binomial name
Asota suffusa
(Snellen, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Hypsa suffusaSnellen, 1891

Asota suffusa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Snellen in 1891. It is found on Alor Island, Flores and Sumbawa in Indonesia. [1]

The wingspan is about 56 mm.

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References

  1. Zwier, Jaap. "Asota suffusa Snellen 1891". Aganainae (Snouted Tigers). Retrieved August 6, 2019.