Owlet Moth: Asota paphos leuconota

Asota paphos is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the north-eastern Himalaya to Sundaland. The wingspan is 55-59 mm.

Diagnosis: The forewings are dark, almost bluish grey with the veins picked out in white and the dorsum more broadly white. The hindwings have a dark grey border with a zig-zag interior margin; basal to this border there is longitudinal dark grey marking.

The Javan race, Asota paphos leuconota Snellen (Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Philippines), lacks the dark grey streaking basal to the hindwing border.

I found this moth on the wall near the backyard.

Scientific Classification of Owlet Moth: Asota paphos leuconota

Kingdom Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 – animals

Subkingdom Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 – bilaterians

Branch Protostomia Grobben, 1908 – protostomes

Infrakingdom Ecdysozoa A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans

Superphylum Panarthropoda Cuvier

Phylum Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 – arthropods

Subphylum Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938

Infraphylum Atelocerata Heymons, 1901

Superclass Panhexapoda

Class Insecta C. Linnaeus, 1758 – insects

Subclass Dicondylia

Infraclass Pterygota - winged Insects

Superorder Panorpida

Order Lepidoptera C. Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies, moths

Suborder Glossata

Infraorder Heteroneura

Superfamily Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809

Family Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 - Owlet Moths

Subfamily Aganainae

Genus Asota Hübner, [1819]

Species A. paphos

Botanical/Scientific name: Asota paphos (Fabricius, 1787)

               Synonym Noctua paphos Fabricius, 1787

              

Subspecies A. paphos leuconota

Botanical/Scientific name: Asota paphos leuconota (Snellen, 1892)

references:

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asota_paphos
• www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/aganainae/aganainae-5-5.php
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Scientific_classification
• /taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=81149&tree=0.1
• www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id777602/
• /zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Asota_paphos/

Photos of  Owlet Moth: Asota paphos leuconota were taken using a camera phone Sony Ericsson K800i in Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia.

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