Biology:Attonda adspersa

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Short description: Species of moth

Attonda adspersa
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Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Species:
A. adspersa
Binomial name
Attonda adspersa
(R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Felinia adspersa
  • Capnodes alboguttata (Heyden, 1891)
  • Capnodes pallens (Moore, 1882)
  • Capnodes stellata (Moore, 1883)
  • Capnodes trifasciata [Moore, 1877]

Attonda adspersa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1874. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar ,[1] India , Sulawesi, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, New Guinea and the Solomons.[2]

The wingspan of this species is around 29 mm[3] to 32 mm.[4]

Habitats

This species occurs mainly in lowland forests, and rarely in lower mountain forests up to 1000 m.

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Attonda adspersa (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ATTOADSP. Retrieved January 19, 2019. 
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Attonda adspersa Felder & Rogenhofer". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/saroba/saroba_1_1.php. Retrieved January 19, 2019. 
  3. Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaskar". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 481, ref. 809; Pl.XI, Fig. 193
  4. Hewitson, William C.; Moore, Frederic (1879). Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects: From the Collection of the Late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, M.A., F.L.S., &c.. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. pp. 176. OCLC 9625544. https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4818588 entry