Bastilla vitiensis

Bastilla vitiensis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found from the Moluccas to Palau, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and New Caledonia, Sulawesi, the Philippines, Borneo and Java.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Bastilla vitiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Bastilla
Species:	B. vitiensis
Binomial name
Bastilla vitiensis (Butler, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
Ophiusa vitiensis Butler, 1886 Parallelia vitiensis (Butler, 1886) Parallelia prouti Hulstaert, 1924 Parallelia cuneifascia Hulstaert, 1924 Dysgonia prouti (Hulstaert, 1924) Dysgonia cuneifascia (Hulstaert, 1924) Dysgonia vitiensis (Butler, 1886)

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Larvae have been recorded on Eucalyptus and Hibiscus, but this is atypical for the genus and needs verification.