Asura calamaria

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Asura calamaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Asura
Species:
A. calamaria
Binomial name
Asura calamaria
(Moore, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Setina calamariaMoore, 1888
  • Miltochrista celidopaMeyrick, 1894
  • Asura celipodoaSeitz, 1910
  • Asura mediopunctaRothschild, 1913
  • Setina punctataElwes, 1890
  • Lyclene calamariaMoore, 1888

Asura calamaria is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1888. It is found in from the north-eastern Himalayas to Sundaland, [1] including Myanmar. [2] The habitat consists of disturbed forests, including disturbed alluvial forests and remnants of primary montane forests.

The larvae have been recorded defoliating Bougainvillea species. [3]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Lyclene calamaria (Moore, 1888)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lyclene calamaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Lyclene calamaria Moore comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved October 12, 2019.