Asota caricae (Fabricius, 1775)

Spitsyn, V. M. & Bolotov, N. I., 2020, Checklist of the subfamily Aganainae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Laos with new records from adjacent countries, Far Eastern Entomologist 417, pp. 8-16 : 11

Asota caricae (Fabricius, 1775)

Figs 11, 12

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Laos: Luang Prabang Province, Luang Prabang city, mountain monsoon forest, 19°51’54”N, 102°07’56”E, 30.IV 2016, 1♂, 1♀, Spitsyn leg.; Oudomsay

Province, Oudomsay city, damaged forest on border of the city, 20°39’46”N, 101°58’14”E,

01–03. V 2016, 1♂, Spitsyn leg.; Oudomsay Province , Oudomsay city, tropical forest with bamboo, 20°39’04”N, 101°58’18”E , 04–06. V 2016, 4♂, 1♀, Spitsyn leg.; Oudomsay Province ,

Oudomsay city, tropical forest, 20°38’52”N, 101°58’59”E, 07.V 2016, 1♂, Spitsyn leg.;

Luang Namtha Province, Muang Long town , tropical forest, 20°57’25”N, 100°49’20”E , 11–

22. V 2016 , 1♂, 1♀, Spitsyn leg.; Luang Namtha Province , Viangphoukha town, tropical forest, 20°40’58”N, 101°03’28”E, 23. V 2016, 1♂, 2♀, Spitsyn leg.; Vietnam: Song Tranh-2 ,

tropical forest, 15°19’42”N, 108°08’58”E, 09–20.XI 2013, 1♀, Antonovskaya leg.

DISTRIBUTION. Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Nepal, South West China,

Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, and Vanuatu.

REMARK. First records from Laos and Vietnam.

Figures

Figs 7–14. Asota spp. from Laos. 7, 8 – A. plana: 7 – male, 8 –female; 9, 10 – A. egens: 9 – male, 10 –female; 11, 12 – A. caricae: 11 – male, 12 – female; 13, 14 – A. producta: 13 – male, 14 –female.