Attonda adspersa (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)

FAMILY	Erebidae
SUBFAMILY	Calpinae
GENUS	Attonda
SPECIES	adspersa
AUTHOR	(Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Felinia ? adspersa F. & R.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Indonesia, Sulawesi], Celebes, leg. Lorquin.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♀, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865-1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2(4):1-20, pls 1-140.
PAGINATION	10; pl. cxvii, fig. 23

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
alboguttata	(von Heyden, 1891)	Synonym of species
alboserrata	(Bethune-Baker, 1906)	Synonym of species
aroana	(Bethune-Baker, 1906)	Synonym of species
coniochroa	(Turner, 1906)	Synonym of species
natha	Swinhoe, 1919	Synonym of species
nigriplaga	(Bethune-Baker, 1906)	Synonym of species
pallens	(Moore, 1882)	Synonym of species
stellata	(Moore, 1883)	Synonym of species
trifasciata	(Moore, 1877)	Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388-510, pls 36-41.	444 (as trifasciata)
Kenya		Lehmann I. & Kioko E. 2005. Lepidoptera diversity, floristic composition and structure of three Kaya forests on the south coast of Kenya. - Journal of East African Natural History 94(1):121-163.	159
Madagascar		Saalmüller M. & von Heyden L. 1891. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera. - — :247-531, pls 7-14.	482 (as alboguttata)
Malawi			BMNH

Notes: Oriental: India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Singapore.

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Euphorbiaceae	Acalypha sp.	East Africa	Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195.	193 (as alboguttata)