Bastilla crameri

Bastilla crameri is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found from the Indian subregion to Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Japan,[2] Sumatra and Borneo. It is also present in South Africa.

Bastilla crameri
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)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Noctua) achatina Cramer, 1780 (preocc.)
  • Dysgonia discalis Moore, 1885
  • Parallelia crameri Moore; Kobes, 1985
  • Dysgonia achatina (Cramer, 1780)
  • Dysgonia crameri Moore, 1885 [1]

Description

Its wingspan is about 63 mm. It is similar to Bastilla analis, but 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 specimens have the whole dark patch between the white band and the postmedial line suffused with purplish white.[3]

The species' 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
  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. "Bastilla crameri Moore". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑 [An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bastilla crameri Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.


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