''Avitta fasciosa'' is a
moth 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
Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company.
It has been said that Mo ...
in 1882.
Distribution
It is found in Asia from
India to
Hong Kong,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
,
Taiwan,
Borneo,
Peninsular Malaysia and
Java.
Subspecies
* ''Avitta fasciosa fasciosa''
Moore, 1882
* ''Avitta fasciosa gracilis''
Holloway - from Java and Borneo
Biology
The males of this species have a wingspan of 19–22 mm.
The larvae had been recorded on ''
Cocculus
''Cocculus'' is a genus of 11 species of woody vines and shrubs, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of North America, Asia and Africa. The common name moonseed is also used for the closely related genus '' Menispermum''.
Selected s ...
'' sp. (
Menispermaceae).
[Hayashi, (2003). "Larva and hostplant of ''Avitta fasciosa'' Moore (Noctuidae)". ''Japan Heterocesists' Journal''. 459-460.]
References
External links
"オオトウウスグロクチバ ''Avitta fasciosa'' Moore, 1882" ''Digital Moths of Japan''. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
Catocalinae
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1882
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