Bastilla solomonensis

Bastilla solomonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Bastilla
Species:	B. solomonensis
Binomial name
Bastilla solomonensis (Hampson, 1913)
Synonyms [1]
Catocala fuscaScott, 1891 Dysgonia fusca(Scott, 1891) Parallelia solomonensisHampson, 1913 Parallelia joviana joviaGaede, 1938 Parallelia solomonensis bicacuminataHolloway, 1979 Parallelia solomonensis hebridesiaHolloway, 1979 Parallelia solomonensis papuanaHolloway, 1979 Dysgonia papuana(Holloway, 1979) Dysgonia hebridesia(Holloway, 1979) Dysgonia bicacuminata(Holloway, 1979) Dysgonia solomonensis(Hampson, 1913)

Bastilla solomonensis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found on the Solomon Islands (including Rennell Island), the Bismarck Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, the Northern Territory, New South Wales), Kei Island, the Moluccas, Java, Mindanao and the Philippines.

The wingspan is about 60 mm.

The larvae feed on Breynia species.

Subspecies

• Bastilla solomonensis bicacuminata (Solomon Islands, Bismarck Islands, New Caledonia)
• Bastilla solomonensis hebridesia (Vanuatu)
• Bastilla solomonensis jovia (Kei Island, Moluccas, Java)
• Bastilla solomonensis papuana (New Guinea, Australia)

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.

External links

• Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 January 2019). "Dysgonia solomonensis (Hampson, 1913)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 5 December 2019.