Attonda adspersa

Attonda adspersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Attonda
Species:	A. adspersa
Binomial name
	Attonda adspersa; (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Synonyms
	Felinia adspersa; Capnodes alboguttata (Heyden, 1891); Capnodes pallens (Moore, 1882); Capnodes stellata (Moore, 1883); Capnodes trifasciata [Moore, 1877];

Attonda adspersa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1874. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar,[1] India, Sulawesi, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, New Guinea and the Solomons.[2]

The wingspan of this species is around 29 mm[3] to 32 mm.[4]

Habitats

This species occurs mainly in lowland forests, and rarely in lower mountain forests up to 1000 m.

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Attonda adspersa (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Attonda adspersa Felder & Rogenhofer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaskar". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 481, ref. 809; Pl.XI, Fig. 193
Hewitson, William C. & Moore, Frederic (1879). Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects: From the Collection of the Late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, M.A., F.L.S., &c. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. pp. 176. OCLC 9625544 – via Internet Archive.

Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Attonda adspersa Felder & Rogenhofer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 13, 2020. With images of genitalia.
Altervista.org Illustration from original description

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