# Asota ficus

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{{Short description|Species of moth}}
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| image = Asota ficus.jpg
| image2 = Asota ficus1.jpg
| taxon = Asota ficus
| authority = ([Fabricius](/source/Johan_Christian_Fabricius), 1775)
| synonyms = {{Specieslist
 |Noctua ficus|Fabricius, 1775
 |Aganais ficus|(Fabricius, 1775)
 }}
}}
'''''Asota ficus''''' is a [moth](/source/moth) in the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae) first described by [Johan Christian Fabricius](/source/Johan_Christian_Fabricius) in 1775. It is found in [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan), [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh), [China](/source/China), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan), [India](/source/India), [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) ([Sumatra](/source/Sumatra)), [Laos](/source/Laos), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar), [Nepal](/source/Nepal), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka), [Thailand](/source/Thailand) and northern [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam).

==Description==
The [wingspan](/source/wingspan) is about 67&nbsp;mm. Antennae of male fasciculated and long. Third joint of palpi long which is grey tipped with black. Base of tegula yellow with a black spot. Dorsal spot of abdomen is often almost obsolete. Forewings with a yellow basal patch which extends along costa and in cell to two thirds length of cell, with an orange spot outlined with black on the costa, streaks in the cell and on inner margin. Two black spots found on costa with two in cell, one on inner margin and two lines across interno-median interspace. The rest of the wing is pale reddish brown with yellow streaked veins. Hindwings are bright orange yellowish. There is a black spot at end of cell and a submarginal irregular series.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1892 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref>

Larva has a black head. Somites are dark velvety brown with slight white hairs arising from red papilla. Yellow patches can be found on fourth to eleventh somites.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/268606 | title=''Asota ficus'' | website=India Biodiversity Portal | accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Aganais ficus.jpg|thumb|left|In [Tirunelveli](/source/Tirunelveli), India]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*Zwier, Jaap [http://www.aganaidae.nl/main_detail.asp?Id=1 "''Asota ficus'' Fabricius 1775"]. ''Aganainae''. Retrieved November 17, 2018.

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Category:Asota (moth)
Category:Moths of Asia
Category:Moths described in 1775
Category:Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius

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