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Avitta fasciosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Catocalinae

Avitta fasciosa

Avitta fasciosa is a moth of the Erebidae family.

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Distribution

It is found in Asia from India to Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Java.

Subspecies

  • Avitta fasciosa fasciosa Moore, 1882
  • Avitta fasciosa gracilis Holloway - from Java and Borneo
  • Biology

    The males of this species have a wingspan of 19-22mm.

    The larvae had been recorded on Cocculus sp. (Menispermaceae).

    References

    Avitta fasciosa Wikipedia