Bastilla amygdalis

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Bastilla amygdalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Bastilla
Species:
B. amygdalis
Binomial name
Bastilla amygdalis
(Moore, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Parallelia amygdalisMoore; Kobes, 1985
  • Dysgonia takaoensis(Wileman, 1914)
  • Dysgonia amygdalisMoore, 1885 [1]

Bastilla amygdalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo.

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Description

Its wingspan is about 52 mm. Body dark red brown, suffused with lilacine grey. Forewings with antemedial line bent outwards below the cell. The apical streak with its outer edge indented. There are three white specks can be seen on costa before apex. Hindwings with central part of outer area much paler. [2]

The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species

References

  1. ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. ISBN   0-916846-45-8, ISBN   978-0-916846-45-9
  2. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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