Bastilla joviana
| Bastilla joviana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Bastilla |
| Species: | B. joviana
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| Binomial name | |
| Bastilla joviana (Stoll, 1782)
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Bastilla joviana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Caspar 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.
The larvae feed on Acalypha, Breynia and Phyllanthus species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Bastilla joviana joviana
- Bastilla joviana curvisecta (New Guinea and Australia)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bastilla joviana Stoll". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. Vol. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.
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