''Asota iodamia'' 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 w ...

of 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 Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in the Australian states of

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and

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References

*Zwier, Jaap
"''Asota iodamia'' Herrich Schäffer 1854"
''Aganainae (Snouted Tigers)''. Retrieved 5 August 2019. * Asota (moth) Moths of Australia Moths described in 1854 {{Aganainae-stub