Asota plana

Asota plana

Asota plana lacteata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Asota
Species:	A. plana
Binomial name
*Asota plana* Walker, 1854
Synonyms
Hypsa persecta Butler, 1875 Aganais albifera Felder, 1874 Asota plana f. confluens Strand, 1915 Asota centralis Rothschild, 1897 Asota cincta Rothschild, 1897 Asota commixta Rothschild, 1897 Asota fergussonis Rothschild, 1897 Asota intermedia Rothschild, 1897 Hypsa lacteata Butler, 1881 Asota ternatensis Rothschild, 1897 Asota transiens Rothschild, 1897

Asota plana is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Oriental tropics east to New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 56 mm.

Larvae have been recorded on Ficus species.

Subspecies

Asota plana albifera (India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sikkim, Singapore, Taiwan)
Asota plana centralis (Andaman islands, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan)
Asota plana cincta (Indonesia)
Asota plana commixta (Indonesia)
Asota plana fergussonis (Papua New Guinea)
Asota plana intermedia (Indonesia)
Asota plana lacteata (Taiwan)
Asota plana persecta (Indonesia)
Asota plana plana (China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Thailand, northern Vietnam)
Asota plana transiens (Enggano)