Bastilla arctotaenia

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Bastilla arctotaenia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Bastilla
Species:
B. arctotaenia
Binomial name
Bastilla arctotaenia
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa arctotaeniaGuenée, 1852
  • Parallelia arctotaenia(Guenée, 1852)
  • Dysgonia arctotaenia(Guenée, 1852) [1]

Bastilla arctotaenia is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Japan, Korea and the Indo-Australian tropics throughout to India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar east to New Guinea and Queensland. It has also been recorded in Vanuatu and Fiji. [2]

Description

Its wingspan is about 52 mm. Though it is similar to Bastilla arcuata , it differs in the postmedial line of the forewings being prominently white from the costa to the angle at vein 6. The medial white band always well defined, narrow and of almost even width throughout. [3]

Larva elongate and a slender semi-looper. Colour greyish brown. Head is speckled. A pair of black spots can be seen marking small tubercles. The larvae feed on Quercus , Ricinus , Rosa and Salix species. Adult is a fruit piercer. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine . CRC Press. ISBN   0-916846-45-8, ISBN   978-0-916846-45-9
  2. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (22 December 2012). "Dysgonia arctotaenia (Guenée, 1852)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ ""Parallelia" arctotaenia Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.


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