''Asota'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 w ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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 underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

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 of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

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 mushroo ...

(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'' Nieuwenhuis, 1948 * '' Asota buruensis'' Zwier, 2010 * '' Asota caledonica'' Holloway, 1979 * '' Asota canaraica'' Moore, 1878 * '' Asota caricae'' Fabricius, 1775 * '' Asota carsina'' Swinhoe, 1906 * '' Asota chionea'' Mabille, 1878 * '' Asota circularis'' Reich, 1938 * '' Asota clara'' Butler, 1875 * '' Asota comorana'' Aurivillius, 1909 * '' Asota concinnula'' Mabille, 1878 * '' Asota concolora'' Swinhoe, 1903 * '' Asota contorta'' Aurivillius, 1894 * '' Asota darsania'' 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 ''Asota ficus'' is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, India, Indonesia ( Sumatra), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and ...

'' 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 ''Asota kinabaluensis'' is a species of noctuoid moth in the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Walter Rothschild in 1896. It appears to have no close relatives in the genus ''Asota (moth), Asota''. Characteristics The wingsp ...

'' Rothschild, 1896 * '' Asota orbona'' Vollenhoven, 1863 * '' Asota paliura'' Swinhoe, 1893 * '' Asota paphos'' (Fabricius, 1787) * '' Asota plagiata'' Walker, 1854 * ''

Asota plaginota ''Asota plaginota'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sikkim, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand ...

'' Butler, 1875 * '' Asota plana'' Walker, 1854 * '' Asota producta'' (Butler, 1875) * '' Asota sericea'' Moore, 1878 * '' Asota spadix'' Swinhoe, 1901 * '' Asota speciosa'' 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 ''Asota tortuosa'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1872. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic o ...

'' Moore, 1872 * '' Asota trinacria'' Semper, 1899 * '' Asota woodfordi'' Druce, 1888 Asota ficus

References

* * Moth genera {{Aganainae-stub