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Bastilla nielseni

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Species of moth

Bastilla nielseni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Bastilla
Species: B. nielseni
Binomial name
Bastilla nielseni
Holloway & Miller, 2003

Bastilla nielseni is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway and Scott E. Miller in 2003. It is found in New Guinea, Kei Island, Halmahera, north Queensland, the Bismarck Islands and the Solomon Islands.

The length of the forewings is 23–25 mm (0.91–0.98 in).

The larvae feed on Breynia cernua.

References

  1. Holloway, J. D. & Miller, Scott E. (2003). "The composition, generic placement and host-plant relationships of the joviana-group in the Parallelia generic complex" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 111–128.
Taxon identifiers
Bastilla nielseni


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