Attonda adspersa

Attonda adspersa
Attonda adspersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Attonda
Species: A. adspersa
Binomial name
Attonda adspersa
(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 Noctuidae. It is known from Congo, Kenya, Madagascar[1] and from India, Sulawesi, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, New Guinea and Solomons.[2]

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

Habitats

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

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ www.mothsofborneo.com
  3. ↑ Saalmüller, Max, 1892, Lepideptoren von Madagaskar - "Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft"; page 481, ref. 809; Pl.XI, Fig. 193
  4. ↑ Hewitson & Moore, 1880. New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr.W.S.Atkinson. p.176

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