Bastilla crameri
| Bastilla crameri | |
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| from Sri Lanka | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Bastilla |
| Species: | B. crameri |
| Binomial name | |
| Bastilla crameri (Moore, 1885) | |
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Bastilla crameri is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Indian subregion to Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Japan,[2] Sumatra and Borneo. It is also present in South Africa.
Description
Wingspan is about 63mm. Similar to Bastilla analis, differs in the postmedial line having the white band reduced to a line, and being slightly outlined with purplish grey from the angle to inner margin. Some specimen has the whole dark patch between the white band and the postmedial line suffused with purplish white.[3]
Head is dark brownish red with white markings in larva. There is an oval or triangular yellow spot on each side of the vertical sinus. Body pale pinkish brown with darker suffusion. Ventral surface is pale with black and red. The larvae feed on Sandoricum and Phyllanthus species.[4]
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.
- ↑ "Bastilla crameri Moore". jpmoth. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Bastilla crameri Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.