Bocula xanthostola

Bocula xanthostola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Bocula
Species: B. xanthostola
Binomial name
Bocula xanthostola
Hampson, 1926
Synonyms
  • Aramuna marginata Moore, 1884
  • Bocula xanthostola
  • Leucania bifascia

Bocula xanthostola is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[1]

Description

Wingspan is about 31mm. Body whitish with a slight pink tinge. Thorax blackish brown. Fore wings with a black-brown fascia from base, becoming very broad in and beyond the end of cell. A white speck found at lower angle of cell. Postmedial and marginal series of specks can be seen. Veins are rather pale in color. Hind wings are pinkish fuscous.[2]

References

  1. "Bocula xanthostola Hampson". The Moths Of Borneo. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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