Bastilla proxima

Bastilla proxima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Bastilla
Species:	B. proxima
Binomial name
Bastilla proxima (Hampson, 1902)
Synonyms [1]
Parallelia proxima Ophiusa proximaHampson, 1902 Parallela conjuncturanaStrand, 1918 Dysgonia conjuncturana(Strand, 1918) Dysgonia proxima(Hampson, 1902)

Bastilla proxima is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1902. It is found in Africa, including South Africa and Zaire.

The larvae feed on Antidesma species.

References

1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. . CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-916846-45-9.

External links

• Holloway, J. D. & Miller, Scott E. (2003). "The composition, generic placement and host-plant relationships of the joviana-group in the Parallelia generic complex" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine . Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 111–128.
• Lepidoptera Types of the Royal Museum for Central Africa Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine