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Rivula basalis

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Rivula basalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Rivula
Species:
R. basalis
Binomial name
Rivula basalis
Hampson, 1891

Rivula basalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1891.[1] It is found in South India, Sri Lanka,[2] Indo-China, Thailand, South China, Taiwan,[3] Java, Bali and Borneo.[4]

Description

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The female is ochreous with a rufous-brown tint, whereas the male is paler. Basal area of the forewing is much darker. Antemedial obtusely angled. A pale, subcostally angled postmedial visible. There is a dark shading around a bipunctate discal mark. Males possess hindwings with a subtornal cleft in the distal margin. The caterpillar has a greenish cylindrical body with a fine subdorsal white line. There is a broken, irregular, broad yellow spiracular band. Inter-segmental membranes are reddish. The bright yellowish head is heart shaped and marbled with blood red. Pupation occurs in a cocoon at the leaf tip. Host plants are grasses.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Species Details: Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ^ "此為 Rivula basalis 主要識別相片". Taiwan Moth Information Center. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ^ Savela, Markku. "Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Rivula basalis Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.