Bocula

Bocula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.

Bocula
Bocula marginata in Sabah, Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Rivulinae
Genus: Bocula
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Aramuna Moore, 1884
  • Borsippa Walker, 1858
  • Eudragana Butler, 1880
  • Lacibisa Walker, 1863
  • Sillophora Warren, 1912
  • Trichoptya Warren, 1912

Description

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.[1]

Species

References

  1. 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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