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Asura solita

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Asura solita
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. 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 family Erebidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

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 In male, medial band of both wings is obsolete.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

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Asura solita​". 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.