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*''Dysgonia crameri'' <small>Moore, 1885</small> <ref>Poole, R. W. (1989). ''[http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov:591/spod/catalogue/search.html Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae]''. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.</ref>
*''Dysgonia crameri'' <small>Moore, 1885</small> <ref>Poole, R. W. (1989). ''[http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov:591/spod/catalogue/search.html Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae]''. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.</ref>
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'''''Bastilla crameri''''' is a [[moth]] of the [[Noctuidae]] family. It is found from the [[India|Indian subregion]] to [[Peninsular Malaysia]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Borneo]]. It is also present in [[South Africa]].
'''''Bastilla crameri''''' is a [[moth]] of the [[Noctuidae]] family. It is found from the [[India|Indian subregion]] to [[Sri Lanka]], [[Peninsular Malaysia]], [[Japan]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/15_EREBINAE/031_Bastilla/Bastilla%20crameri/Bastilla%20crameri.htm | title=Bastilla crameri Moore | publisher=jpmoth | accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref>, [[Sumatra]] and [[Borneo]]. It is also present in [[South Africa]].


==Description==
The larvae feed on ''[[Sandoricum]]'' and ''[[Phyllanthus]]'' species.
Wingspan is about 63mm. Similar to ''[[Bastilla crameri]]'', differs in the postmedial line having the white band reduced to a line, and being slightly outlined with purplish grey from the angle to inner margin. Some specimen has the whole dark patch between the white band and the postmedial line suffused with purplish white.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/207319 | title=The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii | publisher=Digital Library of India | date=1892 | accessdate=4 July 2016 | author=Hampson G. F. | pages=558}}</ref>

Head is dark brownish red with white markings in larva. There is an oval or triangular yellow spot on each side of the vertical sinus. Body pale pinkish brown with darker suffusion. Ventral surface is pale with black and red. The larvae feed on ''[[Sandoricum]]'' and ''[[Phyllanthus]]'' species.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/ophiusini/ophiusini_8_11.php | title=Bastilla crameri Moore | publisher=The Moths of Borneo | accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:09, 13 August 2016

Bastilla crameri
from Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
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B. crameri
Binomial name
Bastilla crameri
(Moore, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Noctua) achatina Cramer, 1780 (praeocc.)
  • Dysgonia discalis Moore, 1885
  • Parallelia crameri Moore; Kobes, 1985
  • Dysgonia achatina (Cramer, 1780)
  • Dysgonia crameri Moore, 1885 [1]

Bastilla crameri is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Indian subregion to Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Japan[2], Sumatra and Borneo. It is also present in South Africa.

Description

Wingspan is about 63mm. Similar to Bastilla crameri, differs in the postmedial line having the white band reduced to a line, and being slightly outlined with purplish grey from the angle to inner margin. Some specimen has the whole dark patch between the white band and the postmedial line suffused with purplish white.[3]

Head is dark brownish red with white markings in larva. There is an oval or triangular yellow spot on each side of the vertical sinus. Body pale pinkish brown with darker suffusion. Ventral surface is pale with black and red. The larvae feed on Sandoricum and Phyllanthus species.[4]

References

  1. ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
  2. ^ "Bastilla crameri Moore". jpmoth. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Bastilla crameri Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.