Asota

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Aganainae
Genus: Asota
Species: A. albiformis – A. albivena – A. alienata – A. antennalis – A. australis – A. avacta – A. belophora – A. brunnescens – A. buruensis – A. caledonica – A. canaraica – A. caricae – A. carsina – A. chionea – A. clara – A. comorana – A. concinnula – A. concolora – A. contorta – A. darsania – A. diana – A. diastropha – A. dohertyi – A. egens – A. eusemioides – A. fereunicolor – A. fulvia – A. heliconia – A. heliconioides – A. iodamia – A. isthmia – A. javana – A. kageri – A. kinabaluensis – A. orbona – A. paliura – A. paphos – A. plagiata – A. plaginota – A. plana – A. sericea – A. spadix – A. speciosa – A. strigosa – A. subsimilis – A. suffusa – A. sulamangoliensis – A. sulawesiensis – A. tigrina – A. tortuosa – A. trinacria – A. versicolor – A. woodfordi
Name

Asota Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Phalaena javana Cramer, [1780]
Synonyms

Aspa Walker, 1854; (preocc. Aspa Adams & Adams, [1853] (Mollusca)).
Damalis Hübner, [1819]
Euimata Billberg, 1820
Hypsa Hübner, [1819]
Lacides Walker, 1854
Petalia Walker, 1854 (preocc. Petalia Gray, 1838 (Mammalia))
Psephea Billberg, 1820
Pseudhypsa Kirby, 1892

Asota speciosa, South Africa

References

Zwier, Jaap H.H., 2007, A new species and a new subspecies of Aganaidae (Lepidoptera) from Sulawesi (Indonesia). Entomofauna 28 (15): 173–184.
Zwier, J.H.H., 2010: New Aganainae from Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Noctuidae). Entomofauna 31 (31): 481–492. Full article: [1].

Asota is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are widely distributed throughout Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Malayan region and tropical parts of the Australian region.

Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching the vertex of the head and the third joint is slender in variable lengths. Antennae fasciculated (bundled) in males and ciliated (hairy) in females. Forewings with vein 5 from the lower angle of cell or just above it. Vein 6 from the upper angle or below it. Areole absent. Hindwings with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 from the upper angle.[1]
Taxonomy

The genus was formerly placed in the families Noctuidae and Arctiidae by some authors. Other authors placed them in the family Aganaidae or Hypsidae. Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that the Aganainae are most closely related to the Herminiinae (litter moths), and this pair of subfamilies is most closely related to the Arctiinae (tiger and lichen moths), all within the family Erebidae.[2][3]
Species

Asota albiformis Swinhoe, 1892
Asota albivena Walker, 1864
Asota alienata Walker, 1864
Asota antennalis Rothschild, 1897
Asota australis Boisduval, 1832
Asota avacta Swinhoe, 1892
Asota borbonica Boisduval, 1833
Asota brunnescens Nieuwenhuis, 1948
Asota buruensis Zwier, 2010
Asota caledonica Holloway, 1979
Asota canaraica Moore, 1878
Asota caricae Fabricius, 1775
Asota carsina Swinhoe, 1906
Asota chionea Mabille, 1878
Asota circularis Reich, 1938
Asota clara Butler, 1875
Asota comorana Aurivillius, 1909
Asota concinnula Mabille, 1878
Asota concolora Swinhoe, 1903
Asota contorta Aurivillius, 1894
Asota darsania Druce, 1894
Asota diana Butler, 1887
Asota diastropha Prout, 1918
Asota dohertyi Rothschild, 1897
Asota egens (Walker, 1854)
Asota eusemioides Felder, 1874
Asota fereunicolor Toulgoët, 1972
Asota ficus Fabricius, 1775
Asota fulvia Donovan, 1805
Asota heliconia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asota heliconioides Moore, 1878
Asota iodamia Herrich Schäffer, 1854
Asota isthmia Walker, 1856
Asota javana Cramer, [1780]
Asota kageri Kobes, 1988
Asota kinabaluensis Rothschild, 1896
Asota orbona Vollenhoven, 1863
Asota paliura Swinhoe, 1893
Asota paphos (Fabricius, 1787)
Asota plagiata Walker, 1854
Asota plaginota Butler, 1875
Asota plana Walker, 1854
Asota producta (Butler, 1875)
Asota sericea Moore, 1878
Asota spadix Swinhoe, 1901
Asota speciosa Drury, 1773
Asota strigosa Boisduval, 1832
Asota sulamangoliensis Zwier, 2010
Asota subsimilis Walker, 1864
Asota suffusa Snellen, 1891
Asota sulawesiensis Zwier, 2007
Asota tigrina Butler, 1882
Asota tortuosa Moore, 1872
Asota trinacria Semper, 1899
Asota woodfordi Druce, 1888

References

Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.100745 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. S2CID 84249695.

Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.

Savela, Markku. "Asota Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.