Asota caricae

Tropical tiger moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Asota
Species:	A. caricae
Binomial name
	Asota caricae; (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
	Noctua caricae Fabricius, 1775 ; Psephea alciphron Cramer, [1777] ; Asota euroa Rothschild, 1897 ; Asota anawa Swinhoe, 1903 ;

Asota caricae, the tropical tiger moth,^[1] is a species of noctuoid moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India and Sri Lanka to Queensland and Vanuatu.

Description[]

The wingspan is 51–58 mm. Palpi with black spots on 1st and 2nd joints. Forewings brownish fuscous. There is a basal orange patch with two subbasal black spots and a series of three spots on its outer edge, that matches the coloration of the scales of the thorax. The veins are streaked with white. There is a white spot at lower angle of the discal cell. Hindwings are orange yellow, with a black spot at the end of the discal cell, one beyond, one below vein 2 and a submarginal irregular series which sometimes becomes a nearly complete marginal band. The veins crossing the band are yellowish. Larva black above, with two dorsal white bands, a sub-dorsal black spot on each somite. A series of lateral black specks present with sparse black hairs. Ventral coloration brown, head capsule is reddish.^[2]

Ecology[]

The larvae have been recorded on Ficus, Broussonetia, Mesua, Tectona and Shorea species. Pupation is in a slight cocoon, fixed to a leaf. The species is found in forest and agricultural areas.^[3]^[4]

Asota caricae caricae larva

Subspecies[]

There are three described subspecies:

Asota caricae caricae Fabricius, 1775 (South East Asia, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, China to Papua New Guinea^[5])
Asota caricae euroa Rothschild, 1897 (Solomon Islands)^[6]^[7]
Asota caricae melanesiensis Viette, 1951 (Melanesia)^[7]

References[]

^ "Occurrence record map of Asota caricae". The Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Vol. Moths - Vol. I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ "Asota caricae Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Asota caricae Fabricius". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Asota caricae caricae New Guinea". The Papua Insects Foundation.
^ "Asota caricae euroa". Barcode Of Life Database Systems.
^ ^a ^b "Subspecies of Asota caricae Fabricius". Insecta Pro.

External links[]

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[1] "Occurrence record map of Asota caricae". The Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Vol. Moths - Vol. I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[3] "Asota caricae Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[4] "Asota caricae Fabricius". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[Asota_caricae_caricae-5] "Asota caricae caricae New Guinea". The Papua Insects Foundation.

[Asota_caricae_euroa-6] "Asota caricae euroa". Barcode Of Life Database Systems.

[Subspecies-7] "Subspecies of Asota caricae Fabricius". Insecta Pro.

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