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