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Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Rivula basalis | |
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Scientific 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 | |
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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