Bastilla crameri

Bastilla crameri
From Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Bastilla
Species:	B. crameri
Binomial name
Bastilla crameri (Moore, 1885)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Noctua) achatinaCramer, 1780 (preocc.) Dysgonia discalisMoore, 1885 Parallelia crameriMoore; Kobes, 1985 Dysgonia achatina(Cramer, 1780) Dysgonia crameriMoore, 1885 [1]

Bastilla crameri is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found from the Indian subregion to Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Japan, ^[2] Sumatra and Borneo. It is also present in South Africa.

Description

Its wingspan is about 63 mm. It is similar to Bastilla analis , but differs in the postmedial line having the white band reduced to a line, and being slightly outlined with purplish grey from the angle to inner margin. Some specimens have the whole dark patch between the white band and the postmedial line suffused with purplish white. ^[3]

The larvae feed on Sandoricum and Phyllanthus species. ^[4]

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. "Bastilla crameri Moore". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑[An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 August 2016.
3. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bastilla crameri Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

External links

• Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. Vol. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.