Asota heliconia
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Asota heliconia is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east to Queensland
and the Solomons.
The wingspan
is 52 mm.
Larvae have been recorded on Averrhoa
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 the Indo-Australian tropics east to Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
and the Solomons.
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 52 mm.
Larvae have been recorded on Averrhoa
Averrhoa
Averrhoa is a genus of trees in the Oxalidaceae family, of the Oxalidales order, named after Averroes - a 12th century astronomer and philosopher from Al-Andalus.-Selected species:...
species.
Subspecies
- Asota heliconia atrata (Solomon Islands)
- Asota heliconia bandana (Kayao island, Banda Elat)
- Asota heliconia clavata (China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, northern Vietnam)
- Asota heliconia dama (Australia, New Zealand)
- Asota heliconia dicta (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines)
- Asota heliconia doryca (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea )
- Asota heliconia enganensis (Enggano)
- Asota heliconia ghara (Kai Islands)
- Asota heliconia heliconia (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan)
- Asota heliconia intacta (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia kalaonica (Sulawesi)
- Asota heliconia kiriwinae (Trobiand Island)
- Asota heliconia lanceolata (Sulawesi)
- Asota heliconia latiradia (Babar island)
- Asota heliconia leuconeura (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
- Asota heliconia malisa (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia natunensis (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia nicobarica (Nicobar Islands)
- Asota heliconia perimele (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia philippina (Philippines)
- Asota heliconia sangirensis (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia semifusca (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands)
- Asota heliconia timorana (East Timor, Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia toekangbesiensis (Tomea island)
- Asota heliconia unicolor (Indonesia)
- Asota heliconia venalba (Andaman Islands)
- Asota heliconia zebrina (Taiwan)