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.
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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. caricae
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| Asota caricae (Fabricius, 1775)
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Description
editThe 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
editThe 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]
Subspecies
editThere 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- Form purimargo info
- caricae caricae info
- Population Explosions of Tiger Moth Lead to Lepidopterism Mimicking Infectious Fever Outbreaks.
- The Snouted Tigers (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Aganainae) of Papua Indonesia
- Tiger Moth, Project Noah
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