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Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Aganainae (subfamily)/  Asota (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Drury, 1773)
Citation:Phal.[aena] Noct.[ua] Speciosa
Original genus:Noctua
Publication:Drury D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.)
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Volume:2
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Pagination:8–9, index; pl. 5, fig. 2
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40637937
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Asota speciosa (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) unknown Not stated Sierra Leone Sierra Leone. Zwier J. H. H. 2022. Aganainae of the World (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). page 8–9, index; pl. 5, fig. 2
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) unknown unknown (see J. Zwier 2022: 200). Sierra Leone Sierra Leone. Zwier J. H. H. 2022. Aganainae of the World (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). page 8–9, index; pl. 5, fig. 2
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Angola Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 171
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Burkina Faso Zwier J. H. H. 2022. Aganainae of the World (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). page 201
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Cabo Verde Brava Aistleitner E. & Černý K. 2013. Faunistic notes on Arctiid moths of the Cape Verde-Islands with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae). page 298
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Cabo Verde Santiago Báez M. & García A. 2005. Lepidoptera. – In: Arechavaleta M., Zurita N., Marrero M. C. & Martín J. L. (eds). Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres). page 87
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Cabo Verde Fogo Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 91
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Cameroon Karsch F. 1895b. Aethiopische Heteroceren. II. page 369 (as undulifera)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Central African Republic page TMSA, P. Basquin
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). page 112
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Zwier J. H. H. 2022. Aganainae of the World (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). page 201
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Bas Congo Zwier J. H. H. 2022. Aganainae of the World (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). page 201
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Côte d'Ivoire Kühne L. 2007c. Beschreibung neuer Flechtenbärarten aus Afrika nebst taxonomische Anmerkungen (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). page 169
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Djibouti Toulgoët H. de 1977a. Arctiidae et Nolidae. – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 73
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Equatorial Guinea Gaede M. 1926b. Arctiidae, Subfamilien Hypsinae, Micrarctiinae, Spilosominae, etc. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 88
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Eritrea Berio E. 1941b. Contributo alla studio dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea VII. Euchromiidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Lymantriidae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae raccolte dal sig. G. Vaccaro nel 1938. page 177
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Eswatini page TMSA
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ethiopia Toulgoët H. de 1977a. Arctiidae et Nolidae. – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 73
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Gabon page P. Basquin
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Gambia Druce H. 1887a. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 495
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ghana Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). page 413
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Guinea Hopffer H. C. 1862. Lepidoptera. Schmetterlinge. – In: Peters, W. C. H., Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 aufgeführt. page 433
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). page 413 (as subretracta)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Liberia Kühne L. 2007c. Beschreibung neuer Flechtenbärarten aus Afrika nebst taxonomische Anmerkungen (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). page 169
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 171
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Mozambique Hopffer H. C. 1862. Lepidoptera. Schmetterlinge. – In: Peters, W. C. H., Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 aufgeführt. page 432
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Nigeria Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). page 413
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. – In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 154
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Sao Tome & Principe Príncipe Aurivillius C. 1910b. Schmetterlinge gesammelt in Westafrika von Leonardo Fea in den Jahren 1897–1902. page 514 (as undulifera)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Sao Tome & Principe São Tomé Aurivillius C. 1910b. Schmetterlinge gesammelt in Westafrika von Leonardo Fea in den Jahren 1897–1902. page 511 (as undulifera)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1983. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Sphingidae, Thyretidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 3). page 307
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Seychelles Mahé Joannis J. de 1894. Mission scientifique de Ch. Alluaud des îles Seychelles. page 430 (as subretracta)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Sierra Leone Drury D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.) page 9
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) South Africa North-West page TMSA
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 290 (as aphidas)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) South Africa Western Cape Dickson C. G. C. 1953. Recently observed food-plants of some Cape lepidopterous larvae (4th series). page 76
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) South Africa Limpopo Zwier J. H. H. 2022. Aganainae of the World (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). page 202
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) South Africa Gauteng page TMSA
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) South Africa Mpumalanga Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 199 (as subretracta)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Walker F. 1856a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 1676 (as subretracta)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Tanzania Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 171
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Spitsyn V. M., Spitsyna E. A. & Bolotov I. N. 2022c. First records of Aganainae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Zanzibar Island with a description of the male of Phaegorista bisignibasis Prout, 1918. page 46
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Togo Karsch F. 1895b. Aethiopische Heteroceren. II. page 369 (as baumanniana)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Uganda Fletcher T. B. 1910a. Lepidoptera exclusive of the Tortricidae and Tineidae, with some remarks on their distribution and means of dispersal among the islands of the Indian Ocean. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). page 282
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Yemen Hacker H. H., Aulombard F., Bischof A., Bittermann J., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2001. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. page 609
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 171
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). page 413 (as baumanniana)
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Acokanthera sp. Apocynaceae Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 171
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Antiaris toxicaria Moraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Carissa sp. Apocynaceae Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 171
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Entandrophragma angolense Meliaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus capensis Moraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus carica Moraceae South Africa Fawcett J. M. 1901. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. page 315
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus gnaphalocarpa Moraceae Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 95
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus natalensis Moraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus petersii Moraceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 80 (as subretracta)
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus saussureana Moraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus saussureana Moraceae Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 25
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus sp. Moraceae Cameroon Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 130
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus thonningii Moraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus thonningii Moraceae Mück O. & Traub B. 1987. Ergänzungen zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna. page 95
Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) Ficus trichopoda Moraceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 176 (as congensis)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Asota aphidas (Hopffer, 1857) (Hopffer, 1857) species Synonym Aganais aphidas
Asota baumanniana (Karsch, 1895) (Karsch, 1895) species Synonym Pseudhypsa baumanniana
Asota conspicua (Swinhoe, 1903) (Swinhoe, 1903) species Synonym Aganais conspicua
Asota subretracta (Walker, 1856) (Walker, 1856) species Synonym Hypsa subretracta
Asota undulifera (Walker, 1856) (Walker, 1856) species Synonym Hypsa undulifera
Asota unicolor (Rothschild, 1896) (Rothschild, 1896) species Misapplied Aganais unicolor