Asota heliconia

Asota heliconia
Asota heliconia zebrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Asota
Species: A. heliconia
Binomial name
Asota heliconia
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena heliconia Linnaeus, 1758
  • Noctua dama Fabricius, 1775
  • Phalaena Attacus monycha Cramer, 1779
  • Phalaena Bombyx silvandra Stoll, 1782
  • Aganais doryca Boisduval, 1832
  • Hypsa intacta Walker, 1854
  • Hypsa lanceolata Walker, 1856
  • Hypsa clavata Butler, 1875
  • Hypsa dicta Butler, 1875
  • Hypsa zebrina Butler, 1877
  • Hypsa venalba Moore, 1877
  • Aganais leuconeura Butler, 1879
  • Hypsa perimele Weymer, 1885
  • Hypsa semifusca Butler, 1887
  • Hypsa nicobarica Swinhoe, 1892
  • Hypsa ghara Swinhoe, 1892
  • Hypsa malisa Swinhoe, 1892
  • Hypsa lara Swinhoe, 1893
  • Asota timorana Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota kalaonica Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota riukiuana Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota philippina Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota sangirensis Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota bandana Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota murina Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota natunensis Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota enganensis Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota kiriwinae Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota dicta extensa Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota bandana diluta Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota heliconia brevipennis Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota heliconia nervosa Rothschild, 1896
  • Asota extensa Seitz, 1914
  • Asota atrata Jordan, 1924

Asota heliconia is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east to Queensland and the Solomons.

The wingspan is 52 mm.

Larvae have been recorded on Averrhoa species.

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