Asura floccosa

Asura floccosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Asura
Species: A. floccosa
Binomial name
Asura floccosa
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Nudaria floccosa Walker, 1864
  • Nudaria subcervina Walker, 1864

Asura floccosa is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in India (Sikkim, Calcutta, Ganjam, Madras, Coimbatore)[1] and Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

Wingspan about 22mm. Antennae of male ciliated. Female has semi-diaphanous pale brownish ochreous body. Fore wings with indistinct sub-basal and medial fuscous bands. There is a spot on discocellulars. Postmedial and marginal speck series present.[3]

References

  1. Lyclene at funet
  2. LepIndex
  3. 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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