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Bastilla absentimacula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Indian subregion to Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Taiwan, Java and New Guinea.

Bastilla absentimacula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Bastilla
Species:	B. absentimacula
Binomial name
Bastilla absentimacula (Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
Naxia absentimacula Guenée, 1852 Dysgonia sylvestris (Strand, 1920) Parallelia silvestris Strand, 1920 Dysgonia absentimacula (Guenée, 1852)[1]

Description

The wingspan is about 50–60 mm. A pale red-brown moth. Forewings with a broad greyish medial band with a straight dark line on its inner edge and a sinuous line on its outer. There is a slightly oblique and sinuous postmedial line present. A marginal pale specks series and marginal dark specks series also found. Hindwings pale fuscous. A broad diffused submarginal line can be seen, which is very wide at apex.[2]

The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species.[3]

References

External links

• Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (18 July 2010). "Dysgonia absentimacula (Guenée, 1852)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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