Asura compsodes

Asura compsodes is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Australia[1] (northern Queensland)

Asura compsodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Asura
Species:
A. compsodes
Binomial name
Asura compsodes
Turner, 1940

Adults are black with a bold pattern of yellow spots.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Asura compsodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  2. Australian Insects


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