Asota heliconia

Asota heliconia is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east to Queensland and the Solomons.

Asota heliconia
Asota heliconia zebrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Asota
Species:
A. heliconia
Binomial name
Asota heliconia
Synonyms
  • Phalaena heliconia Linnaeus, 1758
  • Noctua dama Fabricius, 1775
  • Phalaena Attacus monycha Cramer, 1779
  • Phalaena Bombyx silvandra Stoll, 1782
  • Aganais doryca Boisduval, 1832
  • Hypsa intacta Walker, 1854
  • Hypsa lanceolata Walker, 1856
  • Hypsa clavata Butler, 1875
  • Hypsa dicta Butler, 1875
  • Hypsa zebrina Butler, 1877
  • Hypsa venalba Moore, 1877
  • Aganais leuconeura Butler, 1879
  • Hypsa perimele Weymer, 1885
  • Hypsa semifusca Butler, 1887
  • Hypsa nicobarica Swinhoe, 1892
  • Hypsa ghara Swinhoe, 1892
  • Hypsa malisa Swinhoe, 1892
  • Hypsa lara Swinhoe, 1893
  • Asota timorana Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota kalaonica Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota riukiuana Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota philippina Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota sangirensis Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota bandana Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota murina Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota natunensis Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota enganensis Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota kiriwinae Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota dicta extensa Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota bandana diluta Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota heliconia brevipennis Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota heliconia nervosa Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota extensa Seitz, 1914
  • Asota atrata Jordan, 1924

The wingspan is 52 mm.

Larvae have been recorded on Averrhoa species.

Asota heliconia philippina ( Albay, Philippines)

Subspecies

  • Asota heliconia atrata (Solomon Islands)
  • Asota heliconia bandana (Kayao island, Banda Elat)
  • Asota heliconia clavata (China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, northern Vietnam)
  • Asota heliconia dama (Australia, New Zealand)
  • Asota heliconia dicta (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines)
  • Asota heliconia doryca (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea )
  • Asota heliconia enganensis (Enggano)
  • Asota heliconia ghara (Kai Islands)
  • Asota heliconia heliconia (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan)
  • Asota heliconia intacta (Indonesia)
  • Asota heliconia kalaonica (Sulawesi)
  • Asota heliconia kiriwinae (Trobiand Island)
  • Asota heliconia lanceolata (Sulawesi)
  • Asota heliconia latiradia (Babar island)
  • Asota heliconia leuconeura (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
  • Asota heliconia malisa (Indonesia)
  • Asota heliconia natunensis (Indonesia)
  • Asota heliconia nicobarica (Nicobar Islands)
  • Asota heliconia perimele (Indonesia)
  • Asota heliconia philippina (Philippines)
  • Asota heliconia sangirensis (Indonesia)
  • Asota heliconia semifusca (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands)
  • Asota heliconia timorana (East Timor, Indonesia)
  • Asota heliconia toekangbesiensis (Tomea island)
  • Asota heliconia unicolor (Indonesia)
  • Asota heliconia venalba (Andaman Islands)
  • Asota heliconia zebrina (Taiwan)

Aganainae


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