Asota egens (Walker, 1854)

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 egens (Walker, 1854)

Figs 9, 10

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Laos: Vientiane Province, Phatang village, mountain forest,

19°03’52”N, 102°25’41”E, 22–28.IV 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♂, Spitsyn leg. ;

Vientiane Province, Phatang village , mountain bamboo forest, 19°04’55”N, 102°26’12”E ,

23–28.IV 2016, 2♂, 2♀, Spitsyn leg.; Vietnam: Thanh Hoa Province, Tan Thanh village ,

mountain tropical forest with bamboo, 19°37’18”N, 105°17’54”E, 21–30.III 2016, 4♀,

Spitsyn leg.; Vietnam, Thanh Hoa Province, Tan Thanh village , mountain tropical forest with rice fields of the sides, 19°37’47”N, 105°18’30”E, 23–25.III 2016, 1♂ , 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♀, Spitsyn leg.; Myanmar:

Kachin State, Wasandum village (near school), mountain rainforest with bamboo patches at the river valley, 27°29’42”N, 97°11’24”E, 18–19.III 2014, 2♀, Bolotov and Spitsyn leg. ;

Kachin State, Indawgyi Lake , floodplain habitat (herb pasture) on the lake shore, 25°05’53”N ,

96°17’17”E, 23–25.III 2014, 1♀, Bolotov and Spitsyn leg.

DISTRIBUTION. Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Nepal, South

West China, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, and New Guinea.

REMARK. First records from Laos, Myanmar, 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.