Bastilla solomonensis

Bastilla solomonensis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Bastilla
Species:	B. solomonensis
Binomial name
*Bastilla solomonensis* (Hampson, 1913)
Synonyms
Catocala fusca Scott, 1891 Dysgonia fusca (Scott, 1891) Parallelia solomonensis Hampson, 1913 Parallelia joviana jovia Gaede, 1938 Parallelia solomonensis bicacuminata Holloway, 1979 Parallelia solomonensis hebridesia Holloway, 1979 Parallelia solomonensis papuana Holloway, 1979 Dysgonia papuana (Holloway, 1979) Dysgonia hebridesia (Holloway, 1979) Dysgonia bicacuminata (Holloway, 1979) Dysgonia solomonensis (Hampson, 1913) ^[1]

Bastilla solomonensis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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

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)

↑ 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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