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Bocula

Bocula
Bocula marginata in Sabah, Borneo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Rivulinae
Genus: Bocula
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Borsippa Walker, 1858
  • Lacibisa Walker, [1863]
  • Aramuna Moore, 1884
  • Eudragana Butler, 1888
  • Sillophora Warren, 1912
  • Trichoptya Warren, 1912
  • Trapezoptera Hulstaert, 1924

Bocula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2][3][4]

Description

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Its palpi are slender and reaching vertex of head, where the third joint is minute. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with rounded apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.[5]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (April 12, 2020). "Bocula Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Bocula Guenée, 1852". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  3. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Bocula​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bocula Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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