Bastilla simillima

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Bastilla simillima
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Bastilla
Species:
B. simillima
Binomial name
Bastilla simillima
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa simillimaGuenée, 1852
  • Parallelia mimaStrand, 1920
  • Dysgonia mima(Strand, 1920)
  • Dysgonia simillima(Guenée, 1852) [1]

Bastilla simillima is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia.

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Description

Its wingspan is about 42 mm. Similar to Bastilla arcuata , differs in antemedial line being curved and with some dark diffusion inside it. Some dark suffusion can be seen instead of the dark patch inside the postmedial line, which has two slight angles in it beyond the cell. The apical streak slight. There is an indistinct dentate submarginal line present. Hindwings with pale cilia below the apex. [2]

The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species.

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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. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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