Asura rubricosa

Asura rubricosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Asura
Species:
A. rubricosa
Binomial name
Asura rubricosa
(Moore, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Lyclene rubricosa Moore, 1878
  • Lyclene curvifascia Hampson
  • Lyclene ochracea Hampson, 1891

Asura rubricosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Forewings with broad cell. Antennae of male ciliated. Forewings with a series of postmedial blotches conjoined into a band, more irregular and without spots beyond it. The medial band is widely separated from the antemedial band. Hindwings pinkish, some specimen possess traces of a medial band.[2]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Asura rubricosa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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