Asota contorta

Asota contorta is a species of noctuoid moths in the family Erebidae first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1894. It is found on Bali, Java, Sumatra and in Peninsula Malaysia.[1]

Asota contorta
Cameron Highlands of West Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. contorta
Binomial name
Asota contorta
(Aurivillius, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Hypsa contorta Aurivillius, 1894

The wingspan is 59–62 mm.

References

  1. Zwier, Jaap. "Asota contorta Aurivillius, 1894". Aganainae (Snouted Tigers). Retrieved August 5, 2019.


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