Bastilla Swinhoe, 1918

Singh, Navneet, Joshi, Rahul & Ahmad, Jalil, 2018, New record of Bastilla angularis (Boisduval, 1833) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Oriental region, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4) : -

Genus Bastilla Swinhoe, 1918

Swinhoe, 1918; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 2 (7): 78.

Type species: Ophiusa redunca Swinhoe, 1900 (= Naxia hamatilis Guenée, 1852 )

Diagnosis: The genus is best defined by the male genitalia which combine bilateral symmetry with double or even treble coremata on the valves. The uncus is usually simple, though a super-uncus occurs in most African species. The costal process is usually long, with distal expansion and / or ornamentation. The juxta is often short, broad, and often somewhat H-shaped. The aedeagus is curved; the vesica is variable in shape but the diverticula usually bear some robust spines or cornuti, sometimes in groups ( Holloway, 2005).