Asura zebrina (Hampson, 1914)
(formerly known as Trichocerosia zebrina)
LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Asura zebrina
female
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth has black wings, each with a pattern of yellow spots. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

Asura zebrina
male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    George Francis Hampson,
    Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the British Museum,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
    Supplement 1 (1914), p. 739, plate 38, fig 26.


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    (written 22 May 2022, 29 October 2025)