Biology:Rivula basalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Rivula |
| Species: | R. basalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891
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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
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". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/bcd1326c2f369735645b8acf9aede313. 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. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/.
- ↑ "此為 Rivula basalis 主要識別相片". http://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/peo/mothQuery.aspx?F=Erebidae&G=Rivula&S=Rivula%20basalis. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/rivulinae/rivula/#basalis. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ↑ "Rivula basalis Hampson". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/rivulinae/rivulinae_1_13.php. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q13521535 entry
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