Bastilla joviana

Bastilla joviana
	Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Bastilla
Species:	B. joviana
Binomial name
	Bastilla joviana; (Stoll, 1782)
Synonyms
	Noctua joviana Stoll, 1782; Noctua sinuata Fabricius, 1781; Dysgonia jovis Hübner, 1816; Dysgonia affinis (Guenée, 1852); Parallelia curvisecta Prout, 1919; Dysgonia curvisecta (L. B. Prout, 1919); Parallelia joviana Stoll; Holloway, 1976; Dysgonia sinuata (Fabricius, 1781); Dysgonia joviana (Stoll, 1782);

Bastilla joviana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Stoll in 1782.[1] It is found from the Oriental region to the Moluccas and in New Guinea and Australia. It is also present in South Africa.

The larvae feed on Acalypha, Breynia and Phyllanthus species.

Subspecies

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.

Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bastilla joviana Stoll". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. Vol. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.

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