Asota australis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832.[1] It is found in Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Asota |
| Species: | A. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Asota australis (Boisduval, 1832)
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The wingspan is about 50 mm.
Subspecies
edit- Asota australis assimilis (Northern Territory, Queensland)
- Asota australis australis (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
- Asota australis sinuosa (Indonesia)
References
edit- ^ Zwier, Jaap. "Asota australis australis Boisduval 1832". Aganainae (Snouted Tigers). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (3 March 2015). "Asota australis (Boisduval, 1832)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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