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Basalia melanosticta

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Basalia melanosticta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Basalia
Species:
B. melanosticta
Binomial name
Basalia melanosticta
(Hampson, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Tolpia melanosticta Hampson, 1907

Basalia melanosticta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1907. It is known from the Palani Hills of south-central India.

Adults have been recorded in August.

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.

References[edit]

  • Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.