Asura quadrilineata

Asura quadrilineata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Aru[1] and in Australia (the Northern Territory and Queensland).

Asura quadrilineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Asura
Species:
A. quadrilineata
Binomial name
Asura quadrilineata
(Pagenstecher, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Calligenia quadrilineata Pagenstecher, 1886
  • Lyclene quadrilineata
  • Prinasura quadrilineata
  • Miltochrista simulans Butler, 1886
  • ?Calligenia melitaula Meyrick, 1886

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are orange with dark lines across the forewings. The hindwings are plain yellow.[2]

Subspecies
  • Asura quadrilineata quadrilineata
  • Asura quadrilineata moluccensis van Eecke, 1929 (Buru)

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lyclene quadrilineata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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