Attonda adspersa

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]

Attonda adspersa
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A. adspersa
Binomial name
Attonda adspersa
Synonyms
  • Felinia adspersa
  • Capnodes alboguttata (Heyden, 1891)
  • Capnodes pallens (Moore, 1882)
  • Capnodes stellata (Moore, 1883)
  • Capnodes trifasciata [Moore, 1877]

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.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Attonda adspersa (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Attonda adspersa Felder & Rogenhofer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  3. Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaskar". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 481, ref. 809; Pl.XI, Fig. 193
  4. 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.


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