''Asota'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

first described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

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 (bundled) in males and ciliated (hairy) 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 The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

and

Arctiidae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

by some authors. Other authors placed them in the family Aganaidae or Hypsidae. Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that the

Aganainae The Aganainae are a small subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The adults and caterpillars of this subfamily are typically large and brightly colored, like the related tiger moths. Many of the caterpillars feed on poisonous host plants an ...

are most closely related to the

Herminiinae The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushroom ...

(litter moths), and this pair of subfamilies is most closely related to the

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

(tiger and lichen moths), all within the family

Species

* '' Asota albiformis'' Swinhoe, 1892 * '' Asota albivena'' Walker, 1864 * '' Asota alienata'' Walker, 1864 * '' Asota antennalis'' Rothschild, 1897 * '' Asota australis'' Boisduval, 1832 * '' Asota avacta'' Swinhoe, 1892 * '' Asota borbonica'' Boisduval, 1833 * ''

Asota brunnescens ''Asota brunnescens'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Nieuwenhuis in 1948. It is found in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, ...

'' Nieuwenhuis, 1948 * '' Asota buruensis'' Zwier, 2010 * '' Asota caledonica'' Holloway, 1979 * '' Asota canaraica'' Moore, 1878 * ''

Asota caricae ''Asota caricae'', the tropical tiger moth, is a species of noctuoid moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India and Sri Lanka to Queensland, Malaysia and Vanuatu. Description The wingspan is 51–58 ...

'' Fabricius, 1775 * ''

Asota carsina ''Asota carsina'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Swinhoe in 1906. It is found on Nias Nias (, Nias: ''Tanö Niha'') is an island located off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias is also the name of the archipel ...

'' Swinhoe, 1906 * ''

Asota chionea ''Asota chionea'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1878. It is found in Zaire Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Locat ...

'' Mabille, 1878 * ''

Asota circularis ''Asota circularis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Paul Reich in 1938 based on specimen(s) from "New Mecklenburg" (now New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State ...

'' Reich, 1938 * ''

Asota clara ''Asota clara'' is a species of noctuoid moth in the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found in Indonesia, Peninsula Malaysia and Myanmar.Zwier, Jaap"''Asota clara clara'' Butler, 1875" ''Aganainae (Snouted ...

'' Butler, 1875 * ''

Asota comorana ''Asota comorana'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1909. It is found on the Comores The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three isl ...

'' Aurivillius, 1909 * ''

Asota concinnula ''Asota concinnula'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Mabile in 1878. It is found in Zaire Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located ...

'' Mabille, 1878 * ''

Asota concolora ''Asota concolora'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1903. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and ...

'' Swinhoe, 1903 * ''

Asota contorta ''Asota contorta'' is a species of noctuoid moths in the family Erebidae first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1894. It is found on Bali, Java, Sumatra and in Peninsula Malaysia.Zwier, Jaap"''Asota contorta'' Aurivillius, 1894" ...

'' Aurivillius, 1894 * ''

Asota darsania ''Asota darsania'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Druce in 1894. It is found in Indonesia.Zwier, Jaap"''Asota darsania'' Druce 1894" ''Aganainae (Snouted Tigers)''. Retrieved August 5, 2019. The wingspan The wingspan (o ...

'' Druce, 1894 * '' Asota diana'' Butler, 1887 * '' Asota diastropha'' Prout, 1918 * '' Asota dohertyi'' Rothschild, 1897 * '' Asota egens'' (Walker, 1854) * '' Asota eusemioides'' Felder, 1874 * '' Asota fereunicolor'' Toulgoët, 1972 * '' Asota ficus'' Fabricius, 1775 * '' Asota fulvia'' Donovan, 1805 * '' Asota heliconia'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Asota heliconioides'' Moore, 1878 * '' Asota iodamia'' Herrich Schäffer, 1854 * '' Asota isthmia'' Walker, 1856 * '' Asota javana'' Cramer,

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/small> * '' Asota kageri'' Kobes, 1988 * '' Asota kinabaluensis'' Rothschild, 1896 * '' Asota orbona'' Vollenhoven, 1863 * '' Asota paliura'' Swinhoe, 1893 * '' Asota paphos'' (Fabricius, 1787) * '' Asota plagiata'' Walker, 1854 * '' Asota plaginota'' Butler, 1875 * '' Asota plana'' Walker, 1854 * ''

Asota producta ''Asota producta'' is a species of noctuoid moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from Sri Lanka and India to Sundaland. Description The wingspan is 60–71 mm. Forewing has a basal orange patch which extending further along the costa wi ...

'' (Butler, 1875) * '' Asota sericea'' Moore, 1878 * '' Asota spadix'' Swinhoe, 1901 * ''

Asota speciosa ''Asota speciosa'', the specious tiger, formerly ''Aganais speciosa'', is a moth of the subfamily Aganainae, now regarded as part of the family Erebidae. Formerly it was regarded variously as a member of the Arctiidae, the Hypsidae, and subseque ...

'' Drury, 1773 * '' Asota strigosa'' Boisduval, 1832 * '' Asota sulamangoliensis'' Zwier, 2010 * '' Asota subsimilis'' Walker, 1864 * '' Asota suffusa'' Snellen, 1891 * '' Asota sulawesiensis'' Zwier, 2007 * '' Asota tigrina'' Butler, 1882 * '' Asota tortuosa'' Moore, 1872 * '' Asota trinacria'' Semper, 1899 * '' Asota woodfordi'' Druce, 1888 Asota ficus

References

* * Noctuoidea genera {{Aganainae-stub