Adisura

Genus of moths
For historical/ mythological figure in Bengal, see Adi Sura

Adisura
Adisura aerugo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Heliothinae
Genus: Adisura
Moore, 1881
Synonyms
  • Astonycha Turner, 1920

Adisura is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Species are found thoroughout India and Sri Lanka, Africa and some far East Asian countries. Differs from Pyrrhia species in having sparsely spined mid and hind tibia and thorax without sharp crest.[1]

Species

  • Adisura aerugo (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Adisura affinis Rothschild, 1921
  • Adisura atkinsoni Moore, 1881
  • Adisura bella Gaede, 1915
  • Adisura callima Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Adisura goateri Hacker & Saldaitis, 2011
  • Adisura litarga (Turner, 1920)
  • Adisura malagassica Rothschild, 1924
  • Adisura marginalis (Walker, 1858)
  • Adisura straminea Hampson, 1902

References

  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Savela, Markku. "Adisura Moore, 1881". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Taxon identifiers
Adisura


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