Asota australis (Boisduval, 1832)
 (one synonym: Hypsa aequalis Walker, 1864)
AGANAINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
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Asota australis
(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Douglas-Daly, Northern Territory)

This moth has brown forewings, each with two white patches, and a yellow area around the base containing black dots. The hindwings are plain yellow. The wingspan is about 5 cms.

Asota australis
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The species is found in Australiasia, including

  • Papua,

    and in Australia including

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Asota australis
    underside
    (Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

    Further reading :

    Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval,
    Faune Entomologique de L'Ocean Pacifique,
    Voyage de Decouvertes de la Corvette l'Astrolabe,
    Division 7, Volume 1 (1832), p. 252, and also Plate 5, fig. 2.

    Francis Walker,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 31 (1864), pp. 214-215.

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    (updated 22 April 2013, 3 March 2015, 20 November 2021)