Bastilla analis
Bastilla analis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Bastilla |
Species: | B. analis |
Binomial name | |
Bastilla analis (Guenée, 1852) | |
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Bastilla analis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java and China.
Description
Wingspan is about 50mm. Similar to Bastilla arctotaenia, in the white band of the fore wing being wider at the costa. The postmedial line more produced at vein 6, so that the white band on it is longer. The apical streak straight and diffused towards the costa. Hind wings with a black and white spot on outer margin at vein 2.[2]
The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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