Bastilla nielseni
Bastilla nielseni is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway and Scott E. Miller in 2003.[1] It is found in New Guinea, Kei Island, Halmahera, north Queensland, the Bismarck Islands and the Solomon Islands.
| Bastilla nielseni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Bastilla |
| Species: | B. nielseni |
| Binomial name | |
| Bastilla nielseni Holloway & Miller, 2003 | |
The length of the forewings is 23–25 mm.
The larvae feed on Breynia cernua.
References
- Holloway, J. D. & Miller, Scott E. (2003). "The composition, generic placement and host-plant relationships of the joviana-group in the Parallelia generic complex" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 111–128.
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