Asota producta

Asota producta

''Asota producta'' is a species of noctuoid moths in the Erebidae family. It is found from Sri Lanka and India to Sundaland.
Asota producta (Erebidae) Bukit Fraser, Malaysia. 23 Dec 2016. Asota producta,Geotagged,Malaysia,Winter

Appearance

The wingspan is 60-71 mm. Fore wing has a basal orange patch which extending further along the costa with an extra black spot on the costa. Some subspecies has darker orange and brown colors. Larva has large head. There is a series of dorsal tubercles from 4th to terminal somite. Purplish brown with sparse hairs, the thoracic somites pale above. Some pale lateral spots present. There is a dorsal black line with oblique dorsal streaks found on somites seven to ten.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusAsota
SpeciesA. producta
Photographed in
Malaysia