Bastilla solomonensis
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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. solomonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bastilla solomonensis (Hampson, 1913)
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Bastilla solomonensis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found on the Solomon Islands (including Rennell Island), the Bismarck Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, the Northern Territory, New South Wales), Kei Island, the Moluccas, Java, Mindanao and the Philippines.
The wingspan is about 60 mm.
The larvae feed on Breynia species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Bastilla solomonensis bicacuminata (Solomon Islands, Bismarck Islands, New Caledonia)
- Bastilla solomonensis hebridesia (Vanuatu)
- Bastilla solomonensis jovia (Kei Island, Moluccas, Java)
- Bastilla solomonensis papuana (New Guinea, 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]- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 January 2019). "Dysgonia solomonensis (Hampson, 1913)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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