''Cyme basitesselata'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the subfamily Arctiinae.

Taxonomy

It was originally described as ''Asura basitesselata'' by

Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ...

in 1913.

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(LepIndex) lists ''basitessellata'' as a junior subjunctive synonym of '' Lyclene quadrilineata'' Pagenstecher, 1886. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms lists ''Asura basitessellata'' as a synonym of '' Asura quadrilineata'' (Pagenstecher, 1886). It is found in

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References

Moths described in 1913 Nudariina Moths of Asia {{Nudariina-stub