Asura rubricosa

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Asura rubricosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Asura
Species:
A. rubricosa
Binomial name
Asura rubricosa
(Moore, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Lyclene rubricosaMoore, 1878
  • Lyclene curvifasciaHampson
  • Lyclene ochraceaHampson, 1891

Asura rubricosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. [1]

Description

Forewings with broad cell. Antennae of male ciliated. Forewings with a series of postmedial blotches conjoined into a band, more irregular and without spots beyond it. The medial band is widely separated from the antemedial band. Hindwings pinkish, some specimen possess traces of a medial band. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura rubricosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.