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Noctuid Moth

Bastilla acuta

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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27.33, 88.62

Field Notes

Description:

Dark brown...looks folded...as if an origami stealth bomber out of Star Wars. Tracery on wings too.

Habitat:

Borong, Sikkim. Remote hilly and full of vegetation; both cultivated and wild.

Notes:

Somewhat similar but from another continent altogether:http://www.ngkenya.com/inverts/noctuid-02.html

Reference Links:

Bastilla acuta

Species ID Suggestions

Noctuidae

Bastilla acuta

Reference Link
Nidhin Basheer
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Comments (4)
SukanyaDatta
My God Nidhin Basheer, you do know your moths. Thanks, a pile.
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Now you know where those StarWars creators get some of their ideas from! There are many moths which can use this method to warn off predators.

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PublishedNovember 6, 2015

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