Asota (moth)
Asota is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are widely distributed throughout Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Malayan region and tropical parts of the Australian region.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching the vertex of the head and the third joint is slender in variable lengths. Antennae fasciculated in males and ciliated in females. Forewings with vein 5 from the lower angle of cell or just above it. Vein 6 from the upper angle or below it. Areole absent. Hindwings with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 from the upper angle.
Taxonomy
The genus was formerly placed in the families Noctuidae and Arctiidae by some authors. Other authors placed them in the family Aganaidae or Hypsidae. Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that the Aganainae are most closely related to the Herminiinae, and this pair of subfamilies is most closely related to the Arctiinae, all within the family Erebidae.
Species
Asota albiformis Swinhoe, 1892Asota albivena Walker, 1864Asota alienata Walker, 1864Asota antennalis Rothschild, 1897Asota australis Boisduval, 1832Asota avacta Swinhoe, 1892Asota borbonica Boisduval, 1833Asota brunnescens Nieuwenhuis, 1948Asota buruensis Zwier, 2010Asota caledonica Holloway, 1979Asota canaraica Moore, 1878Asota caricae Fabricius, 1775Asota carsina Swinhoe, 1906Asota chionea Mabille, 1878Asota circularis Reich, 1938Asota clara Butler, 1875Asota comorana Aurivillius, 1909Asota concinnula Mabille, 1878Asota concolora Swinhoe, 1903Asota contorta Aurivillius, 1894Asota darsania Druce, 1894Asota diana Butler, 1887Asota diastropha Prout, 1918Asota dohertyi Rothschild, 1897Asota egens Asota eusemioides Felder, 1874Asota fereunicolor Toulgoët, 1972Asota ficus Fabricius, 1775Asota fulvia Donovan, 1805Asota heliconia Asota heliconioides Moore, 1878Asota iodamia Herrich Schäffer, 1854Asota isthmia Walker, 1856Asota javana Cramer, Asota kageri Kobes, 1988Asota kinabaluensis Rothschild, 1896Asota orbona Vollenhoven, 1863Asota paliura Swinhoe, 1893Asota paphos Asota plagiata Walker, 1854Asota plaginota Butler, 1875Asota plana Walker, 1854Asota producta Asota sericea Moore, 1878Asota spadix Swinhoe, 1901Asota speciosa Drury, 1773Asota strigosa Boisduval, 1832Asota sulamangoliensis Zwier, 2010Asota subsimilis Walker, 1864Asota suffusa Snellen, 1891Asota sulawesiensis Zwier, 2007Asota tigrina Butler, 1882Asota tortuosa Moore, 1872Asota trinacria Semper, 1899Asota woodfordi Druce, 1888