Rivula basalis

Rivula basalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1891.[1] It is found in South India, Sri Lanka,[2] Indo-China, Thailand, South China, Taiwan,[3] Java, Bali and Borneo.[4]

Rivula basalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Genus:
Rivula
Species:
R. basalis
Binomial name
Rivula basalis
Hampson, 1891

Description

The female is ochreous with a rufous-brown tint, whereas the male is paler. Basal area of the forewing is much darker. Antemedial obtusely angled. A pale, subcostally angled postmedial visible. There is a dark shading around a bipunctate discal mark. Males possess hindwings with a subtornal cleft in the distal margin. The caterpillar has a greenish cylindrical body with a fine subdorsal white line. There is a broken, irregular, broad yellow spiracular band. Inter-segmental membranes are reddish. The bright yellowish head is heart shaped and marbled with blood red. Pupation occurs in a cocoon at the leaf tip. Host plants are grasses.[5]

References
  1. "Species Details: Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. "此為 Rivula basalis 主要識別相片". Taiwan Moth Information Center. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  5. "Rivula basalis Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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