Bastilla amygdalis

Bastilla amygdalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Bastilla
Species: B. amygdalis
Binomial name
Bastilla amygdalis
(Moore, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Parallelia amygdalis Moore; Kobes, 1985
  • Dysgonia takaoensis (Wileman, 1914)
  • Dysgonia amygdalis Moore, 1885 [1]

Bastilla amygdalis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo.

Description

Wingspan is about 52mm. Body dark red-brown, suffused with lilacine grey. Fore wings with antemedial line bent outwards below the cell. The apical streak with its outer edge indented. There are three white specks can be seen on costa before apex. Hind wings with central part of outer area much paler.[2]

The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species

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.

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