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''Adisura'' is a
genus
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of
moth
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s of the family
Noctuidae
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. Species are found thoroughout
India
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and
Sri Lanka
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, Africa and some far East Asian countries. Differs from ''
Pyrrhia'' species in having sparsely spined mid and hind tibia and thorax without sharp crest.
Species
* ''
Adisura aerugo''
(Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874)
* ''
Adisura affinis''
Rothschild, 1921
* ''
Adisura atkinsoni''
Moore, 1881
* ''
Adisura bella''
Gaede, 1915
* ''
Adisura callima''
Bethune-Baker, 1911
* ''
Adisura goateri''
Hacker & Saldaitis, 2011
* ''
Adisura litarga''
(Turner, 1920)
* ''
Adisura malagassica''
Rothschild, 1924
* ''
Adisura marginalis''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Adisura straminea''
Hampson, 1902
References
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Heliothinae
Noctuoidea genera
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