Bastilla joviana

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.

Bastilla joviana
Sri Lanka
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

The larvae feed on Acalypha, Breynia and Phyllanthus species.

Subspecies

  • Bastilla joviana joviana
  • Bastilla joviana curvisecta (New Guinea and Australia)

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.


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