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Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Aganainae > Asota

Asota producta (Butler, 1875)

Indian and global distribution:
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Adult moth observations that have been databased:
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
All states
Similiar species:
Asota caricae, Asota plaginota, Asota sericea.
Asota producta has more produced FW apex in male. Costa and termen in FW are white fringed. Anal vein in FW prominently white.

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 producta Butler, 1875. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875 (4): 320. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1875roya/page/320/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Damalis producta Butler. In Moore, 1882, Lepidoptera of Ceylon 2 (1): 52, pl. 101, f. 1, 1a. Text at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey02moor/page/52/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey02moor/page/n234/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Hampson, G. 1892. Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg 503, #1150
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. Pl 17 fg.1
  5. Holloway, J. D. 1988. The Moths of Borneo. Part 6. Arctiidae: Syntominae, Euchomiinae, Arctiinae, Aganainae (to Noctuidae). Online version

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Anonymous. 2022. Asota producta (Butler, 1875). 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/355191/Asota-producta
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