Bastilla vitiensis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found from the Moluccas to Palau, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and New Caledonia, Sulawesi, the Philippines, Borneo and Java.

Bastilla vitiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Bastilla
Species:
B. vitiensis
Binomial name
Bastilla vitiensis
(Butler, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophiusa vitiensis Butler, 1886
  • Parallelia vitiensis (Butler, 1886)
  • Parallelia prouti Hulstaert, 1924
  • Parallelia cuneifascia Hulstaert, 1924
  • Dysgonia prouti (Hulstaert, 1924)
  • Dysgonia cuneifascia (Hulstaert, 1924)
  • Dysgonia vitiensis (Butler, 1886)

Larvae have been recorded on Eucalyptus and Hibiscus, but this is atypical for the genus and needs verification.

References edit

  1. ^ 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.

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