Asura solita

Asura solita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Asura
Species: A. solita
Binomial name
Asura solita
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Setina solita Walker, 1854
  • Setina solita ab. punctilinea Moore, 1878

Asura solita is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Wingspan is 24 in male and 26 in female. Antennae of male ciliated. In male, medial band of both wings is obsolete. Fore wings in male with the medial and postmedial series of specks almost entirely obsolete. The markings are well mearked in female.[2]

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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