Asota ficus (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 : 15

Asota ficus (Fabricius, 1775)

Fig. 22

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vietnam: Thanh Hoa Province, Tan Thanh village , mountain tropical forest with bamboo, 19°37’18”N, 105°17’54”E, 21–30.III 2016, 2 ex., Spitsyn leg. ;

Vinh Phuc Province, Phuc Yen District, Ngoc Thanh Commune, Me Linh Station, mountain tropical forest, 21°23’03”N, 105°42’44”E, 01–13.IV 2016, 1 ex., Spitsyn leg.; Myanmar:

Mandalay Region, felling in mountain monsoon forest close to a river valley 22°05’56”N ,

96°37’26”E, 11.III 2014, 1 ex., Bolotov and Spitsyn leg.

DISTRIBUTION. India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Japan.

REMARK. First records from Vietnam and Myanmar.

Figures

Figs 15–22. Asota spp. from Laos. 15–18 – Asota plaginota: 15, 17 – male, 16, 18 – female; 19 – A. heliconia, male; 20 – A. heliconia, female, 21 – A. paphos, female, 22 – A. ficus, male.