Bastilla solomonensis

Last updated

Bastilla solomonensis
Parallelia solomonensis.JPG
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
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.

Contents

The wingspan is about 60 mm.

The larvae feed on Breynia species.

Subspecies

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australasian realm</span> One of the Earths eight biogeographic realms

The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea, and the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago, including the island of Sulawesi, the Moluccas, and the islands of Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, and Timor, often known as the Lesser Sundas.

<i>Bastilla</i> (moth) Genus of moths

Bastilla is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Swinhoe in 1918.

Papuacola is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.

<i>Comostola</i> Genus of moths

Comostola is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1888. They are found primarily in Asia and Australia.

<i>Argyrogramma signata</i> Species of moth

Argyrogramma signata, the green semilooper, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

<i>Ophisma gravata</i> Species of moth

Ophisma gravata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, to Okinawa, Taiwan, the Caroline Islands, New Guinea, eastern Australia and New Caledonia.

<i>Bastilla absentimacula</i> Species of moth

Bastilla absentimacula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Indian subregion to Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Taiwan, Java and New Guinea.

<i>Bastilla joviana</i> Species of moth

Bastilla joviana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Stoll in 1782. It is found from the Oriental region to the Moluccas and in New Guinea and Australia. It is also present in South Africa.

<i>Bastilla vitiensis</i> Species of moth

Bastilla vitiensis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found from the Moluccas to Palau, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and New Caledonia, Sulawesi, the Philippines, Borneo and Java.

<i>Bastilla maturescens</i> Species of moth

Bastilla maturescens is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in the Indian subregion, Indochina, Thailand, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.

<i>Bastilla arcuata</i> Species of moth

Bastilla arcuata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1877. It is found from the Oriental region of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to Sundaland, Seram and New Guinea.

<i>Bastilla fulvotaenia</i> Species of moth

Bastilla fulvotaenia is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Indian subregion and Sri Lanka, Taiwan to Lombok, Seram and Buru. Adult is a fruit-piercer.

<i>Bastilla simillima</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Bastilla analis</i> Species of moth

Bastilla analis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java and China.

<i>Bastilla arctotaenia</i> Species of moth

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.

Bastilla flexilinea is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Warren in 1915. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands.

Bastilla cuneilineata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Warren in 1915. It is found in New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and Vanuatu.

<i>Bastilla axiniphora</i> Species of moth

Bastilla axiniphora is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Asia, including Singapore.

<i>Bastilla copidiphora</i> Species of moth

Bastilla copidiphora is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in New Guinea and Australia.

Dysgonia correctana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from the northern Moluccas to the Bismarck Islands and probably the Solomon Islands.

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.