Bastilla Noctuid Moth (Bastilla arctotaenia) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Bastilla arctotaenia (Guenée, 1852), formerly Dysgonia arctotaenia (syn. Parallelia arctotaenia). Noctuidae, Catocalinae, Ophiusini. This brown moth looks like a small version of Bastilla crameri, but lacks a distinctive spot at the hindwing tornus, and has the distal border of the trapezoid costal mark notched rather than straight.

It is found from Japan, Korea and the Indo-Australian tropics east to New Guinea and Queensland. It has also been recorded in Vanuatu and Fiji.

Habitat:

Backyard.

Notes:

Reference:
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/googlelist.asp?page=160
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/ophiusini/gallery.php
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/ophiusini/ophiusini_6_3.php

Reference Links:

Dysgonia, Bastilla arctotaenia

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AgnesAdiqueTalavera

Thank you Mark! Thank you Leana :)

Nice find Agnes.

AgnesAdiqueTalavera

Thanks Adi! Thank you Ingrid3! :)

fabulous pic!

AgnesAdiqueTalavera

Thanks Nuwan. :)

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