Bastilla palpalis

Bastilla palpalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Africa, including Sierra Leone and São Tomé.

Bastilla palpalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Bastilla
Species:
B. palpalis
Binomial name
Bastilla palpalis
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dysgonia plutonia Holland, 1894
  • Parallelia palpalis
  • Ophiusa palpalis Walker, 1865
  • Caranilla palpalis (Walker, 1865)
  • Dysgonia distincta (A. E. Prout, 1927)
  • Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)

The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species.

Subspecies

  • Bastilla palpalis palpalis
  • Bastilla palpalis distincta (São Tomé)

References

  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.


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