Bastilla absentimacula
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.
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Description
The wingspan is about 50–60 mm. A pale red-brown moth. Forewings with a broad greyish medial band with a straight dark line on its inner edge and a sinuous line on its outer. There is a slightly oblique and sinuous postmedial line present. A marginal pale specks series and marginal dark specks series also found. Hindwings pale fuscous. A broad diffused submarginal line can be seen, which is very wide at apex.[2]
The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species.[3]
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. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- "Bastilla absentimacula Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
External links
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (18 July 2010). "Dysgonia absentimacula (Guenée, 1852)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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