Argina astrea

Argina astrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Argina
Species:	A. astrea
Binomial name
Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Argena astrea Phalaena astrea Drury, 1773 Phalaena cribraria Clerck, 1764 Bombyx pylotis Fabricius, 1775 Deiopeia dulcis Walker, 1854 Xanthestes guttata Rambur, 1866 Argina notata Butler, 1877 Argina pylotes Butler, 1877 Alpenus multiguttatus Swinhoe, 1892 Argina perforata Seitz, 1914 Argina detersa Hulstaert, 1923 Lomaspilis pantheraria Felder, 1874

The Crotalaria pod borer (Argina astrea) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in eastern Africa, southern Asia and Indo-Australia, including the Pacific Islands and Australia. The species prefers secondary habitats ranging from the lowlands to the montane region.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The species is extremely variable in wingpattern as well as ground colour.

The larvae feed on Crotalaria species.

Subspecies

• Argina astrea astrea (China (Yunnan, Hong Kong, Zhejiang, Guangdong), Taiwan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, Philippines, Japan (Ryukyu), Indochina, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, Oceania, eastern Africa, Ghana, Madagascar, Seyschelles)
• Argina astrea pardalina Walker, 1864 (eastern Africa, Madagascar)

External links

• Papua Insects
• The Moths of Borneo
• Australian Insects