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.

Bastilla absentimacula
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B. absentimacula
Binomial name
Bastilla absentimacula
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Naxia absentimacula Guenée, 1852
  • Dysgonia sylvestris (Strand, 1920)
  • Parallelia silvestris Strand, 1920
  • Dysgonia absentimacula (Guenée, 1852)[1]

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

  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. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Bastilla absentimacula Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.


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