Bastilla arcuata

Bastilla arcuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Bastilla
Species: B. arcuata
Binomial name
Bastilla arcuata
(Moore, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa arcuata Moore, 1877
  • Ophiusa joviana Guenée, 1852 (praeocc.)
  • Ophiusa guenei Snellen, 1880
  • Ophiusa curvata Leech, 1889
  • Parallia arcuata Moore; Kobes, 1985
  • Dysgonia guenei (Snellen, 1880)
  • Dysgonia curvata (Leech, 1889)
  • Dysgonia arcuata (Moore, 1877) [1]

Bastilla arcuata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Oriental region of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to Sundaland, Seram and New Guinea.

Description

Wingspan is about 48-54mm. Antemedial line of the fore wings sinuous. A curved medial line found beyond the violaceous band meeting the angled postmedial line at costa and inner margin. The outer edge of the oblique apical streak excised.[2]

Larva has brown head with whitish yellow spots. The first two pairs of abdominal prolegs are rudimentary. There is an almost circular black spot found on the frons. Body generally brown with dark spots. Setae on yellow chalazae, are ringed with black. There are two tubercles are salmon-pink. The larvae feed on Glochidion and Phyllanthus species. Pupa with white efflorescence.[3]

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. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. "Bastilla arcuata Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

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