Basalia melanosticta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1907. It is known from the Palani Hills of south-central India.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Basalia |
Species: | B. melanosticta
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Binomial name | |
Basalia melanosticta (Hampson, 1907)
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Adults have been recorded in August.
The wingspan is 17–19 mm.
References
edit- Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.