Asota egens
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Asota egens is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found from Japan
and the Oriental tropics, east to New Guinea
.
The wingspan
is 54-60 mm.
The larvae have been recorded on Ficus
species.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and the Oriental tropics, east to New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 54-60 mm.
The larvae have been recorded on Ficus
Ficus
Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes, and hemiepiphyte in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone. The Common Fig Ficus is a genus of...
species.
Subspecies
- Asota egens andamana (Andaman Islands)
- Asota egens confinis (Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao and Sibuyan island)
- Asota egens egens (China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam)
- Asota egens indica (India)
- Asota egens intermissa (Indonesia)
- Asota egens inversa (Indonesia )
- Asota egens macrosticta (Enggano)
- Asota egens nebulosa (Borneo)
- Asota egens onusta (Nias)
- Asota egens reducta (Philippines: Palawan, Mindoro)
- Asota egens sumbana (Sumba)