| 词条 | Asota caricae |
| 释义 |
| name = Tropical tiger moth | image = Asota caricae (Noctuidae Aganainae).jpg | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Lepidoptera | familia = Erebidae | genus = Asota | species = A. caricae | binomial = Asota caricae | binomial_authority = (Fabricius, 1775) | synonyms =
}} 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. DescriptionThe 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. The veins are streaked with white. There is a white spot at lower angle of cell. Hindwings are orange yellow. A black spot at the end of the 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 and brown below. There are two dorsal white bands, a sub-dorsal black spot on each somite. A series of lateral black specks present with sparse black hairs. Head is reddish.[2] EcologyThe 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] References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:25fd8cce-6eb0-4ab6-8c9a-c51ac3e36e5d | title=Occurrence record map of Asota caricae | publisher=The Atlas of Living Australia | accessdate=4 July 2016}} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I |volume=Moths - Vol. I |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1892 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/aganainae/aganainae-5-7.php | title=Asota caricae Fabricius | website=The Moths of Borneo | accessdate=22 July 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Asota-caricae.php | title=Asota caricae Fabricius | publisher=ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources | accessdate=22 July 2016}} External links
3 : Asota (moth)|Moths of Asia|Moths of Oceania |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。