Asura calamaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Asura |
Species: | A. calamaria
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Binomial name | |
Asura calamaria (Moore, 1888)
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Asura calamaria is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1888. It is found in from the north-eastern Himalayas to Sundaland,[1] including Myanmar.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed forests, including disturbed alluvial forests and remnants of primary montane forests.
The larvae have been recorded defoliating Bougainvillea species.[3]