Attonda adspersa

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Attonda adspersa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Attonda
Species:
A. adspersa
Binomial name
Attonda adspersa
Synonyms
  • Felinia adspersa
  • Capnodes alboguttata(Heyden, 1891)
  • Capnodes pallens(Moore, 1882)
  • Capnodes stellata(Moore, 1883)
  • Capnodes trifasciata[Moore, 1877]

Attonda adspersa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1874. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, [1] India, Sulawesi, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, New Guinea and the Solomons. [2]

Contents

The wingspan of this species is around 29 mm [3] to 32 mm. [4]

Habitats

This species occurs mainly in lowland forests, and rarely in lower mountain forests up to 1000 m.

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References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Attonda adspersa (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Attonda adspersa Felder & Rogenhofer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaskar". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 481, ref. 809; Pl.XI, Fig. 193
  4. ↑ Hewitson, William C. & Moore, Frederic (1879). Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects: From the Collection of the Late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, M.A., F.L.S., &c. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. pp.  176. OCLC   9625544 – via Internet Archive.


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