Asura semifascia

Asura semifascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Asura
Species:	A. semifascia
Binomial name
	Asura semifascia; (Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
	Setina semifasciaWalker, 1854; Setina semifascia ab. obsolescensDraudt, 1914; Lyclene semifascia(Walker, 1854);

Last updated December 31, 2020

Asura semifascia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sri Lanka ^[1] and Myanmar.^[2]

Description

The wingspan of the male is 20 mm and the female 26 mm. Forewings with broad cell. Antennae of male ciliated. Forewings with an irregular and highly dentate postmedial line present. Ground colour ochreous. Antemedial and medial lines of forewings reduced to a series of spots. Marginal speck series absent. Disk is often suffused with fuscous. Larva thickly clothed with short closely situated black hairs, which open out at the joints when it rolls itself into a ball.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura semifascia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
↑ Savela, Markku. "Lyclene semifascia (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura semifascia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Lyclene semifascia (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2019.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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