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Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Aganainae > Asota

Asota plana (Walker, 1854)

Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Goa
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Meghalaya
Nagaland
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
All states
Similiar species:
Asota tortuosa white area less extensive on forewing.

List of Asota Hübner, [1819] species known from India.
Asota canaraica Moore, 1878. India.
Asota caricae Fabricius, 1775. Sri Lanka; India.
Asota clara Butler, 1875. Myanmar.
Asota egens (Walker, 1854). Nepal; Myanmar; India: Naga Hills, Nagaland, Sikkim, Khasia Hills, Mehgalaya.
Asota ficus Fabricius, 1775. Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India.
Asota heliconia (Linnaeus, 1758). India.
Asota paphos (Fabricius, 1787). India: NE Himalaya.
Asota plaginota Butler, 1875. Nepal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: NE India, Sikkim.
Asota producta (Butler, 1875). Sri Lanka; India.
Asota sericea Moore, 1878. India.
Asota tortuosa Moore, 1872. Nepal; Myanmar; India: Sikkim.
References:
  1. Hypsa plana Walker, 1854. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 450. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimens13brit/page/450/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Hypsa persecta Butler, 1875. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875 (4): 317. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1875roya/page/317/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Holloway, J. D. 1988. The Moths of Borneo. Part 6. Arctiidae: Syntominae, Euchomiinae, Arctiinae, Aganainae (to Noctuidae). Asota plana accessed 23 August 2015.
  4. Cerny, K. & A. Pinratana. 2009. Moths of Thailand, Vol. 6, Arctiidae. 283 pp, pl 35/3-4.
  5. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Asota_Plana

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Veino, L. & M.J. Rakoveine. 2022. Asota plana (Walker, 1854). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355179/Asota-plana
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