Asota plana

Asota plana

''Asota plana'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Oriental tropics east to New Guinea.
A collective noun of caterpillars I just don't know which collective noun. Googling suggests "army". Asota plana,Geotagged,Sri Lanka,Summer

Appearance

The wingspan is about 56 mm. Fore wing have a large white patch filling the lower half of cell and the whole area below except inner margin and extending to near outer margin. Its upper edge has two dentitions, its outer edge is irregular and a large white spot at upper angle of cell. Hind wings with the narrow marginal band. There is an extra spot towards anal angle. Larva had large head with sparsely distributed hairs on body with dark purplish brown ground color. The thoracic somites are pale red and there is a narrow transverse yellow band on fourth to terminal somites.
Asota plana cat? Found in Kerala, India  Asota plana

Naming

*''Asota plana albifera''
⤷ ''Asota plana centralis''
⤷ ''Asota plana cincta''
⤷ ''Asota plana commixta''
⤷ ''Asota plana fergussonis''
⤷ ''Asota plana intermedia''
⤷ ''Asota plana lacteata''
⤷ ''Asota plana persecta''
⤷ ''Asota plana plana''
⤷ ''Asota plana transiens''
Asota plana (Erebidae) Bukit Fraser, Malaysia. 22 Dec 2016. Asota plana,Fall,Geotagged,Malaysia

Habitat

Larvae have been recorded on ''Ficus'' species, where they rest on the underside of the leaf.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusAsota
SpeciesA. plana