Bastilla arcuata

Bastilla arcuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Bastilla
Species:	B. arcuata
Binomial name
	Bastilla arcuata; (Moore, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
	Ophiusa arcuata Moore, 1877; Ophiusa joviana Guenée, 1852 (preocc.); Ophiusa guenei Snellen, 1880; Ophiusa curvata Leech, 1889; Parallia arcuata Moore; Kobes, 1985; Dysgonia guenei (Snellen, 1880); Dysgonia curvata (Leech, 1889); Dysgonia arcuata (Moore, 1877);

Bastilla arcuata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1877. It is found from the Oriental region of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to Sundaland, Seram and New Guinea.

Description

Its wingspan is about 48–54 mm. Antemedial line of the forewings sinuous. A curved medial line found beyond the violaceous band meeting the angled postmedial line at costa and inner margin. The outer edge of the oblique apical streak excised.[2]

Larva has brown head with whitish yellow spots. The first two pairs of abdominal prolegs are rudimentary. There is an almost circular black spot found on the frons. Body generally brown with dark spots. Setae on yellow chalazae, are ringed with black. There are two tubercles are salmon pink. The larvae feed on Glochidion and Phyllanthus species. Pupa with white efflorescence.[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.
Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bastilla arcuata Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

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[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] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bastilla arcuata Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.