Asota orbona

Asota orbona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Asota
Species:	A. orbona
Binomial name
Asota orbona (Vollenhoven, 1863)
Synonyms
Hypsa orbona Vollenhoven, 1863 Asota discoidalis Rothschild, 1897 Asota ocellata Rothschild, 1897 Asota ochrealis Swinhoe, 1892 Asota queenslandica Rothschild, 1897 Hypsa significans Walker, 1864 Asota intermedia Joicey & Noakes, 1915 Asota talboti Proud, 1920 Asota intermedia extrema Roepke 1939 Asota striata Roepke, 1939

Asota orbona is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1863. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland.

The wing is yellowish with brown shading. It has four spots on its forewing with black dots on the thorax and the bases of the forewing. The wingspan is about 50 mm.

The larvae feed on Ficus species.

Subspecies

• Asota orbona discoidalis (Seram)
• Asota orbona ocellata (Papua New Guinea)
• Asota orbona ochrealis (Ambon, Kai Islands, Seram)
• Asota orbona orbona (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
• Asota orbona queenslandica (Queensland)
• Asota orbona significans (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)

References

• Zwier, Jaap. "Asota orbona orbona Vollenhoven 1863". Aganainae (Snouted Tigers). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
• Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 March 2015). "Asota orbona (Vollenhoven, 1863)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 5 August 2019.