Bucaea simplex

Bucaea simplex is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864 or 1865. It is found in southern India (Khandalla, northern Kanara).[1]

Bucaea simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Bucaea
Species:
B. simplex
Binomial name
Bucaea simplex
(Walker, [1865] 1864)
Synonyms
  • Savara simplex Walker, 1865

The wings are yellow, but the forewings are darker and brighter than the hindwings.[2]

References

  1. Bucaea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Dubatolov, V.V., 2007: The systematic position of the genera Bucaea Walker, 1866 and Tamilarctia Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005. Atalanta 38 (1/2): 213-216, colour pl. 10 (p. 316).


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