Bucaea simplex
| Bucaea simplex | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Bucaea |
| Species: | B. simplex |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucaea simplex (Walker, [1865] 1864) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bucaea simplex is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864 or 1865. It is found in southern India (Khandalla, northern Kanara).[1]
The wings are yellow, but the forewings are darker and brighter than the hindwings.[2]
References
- ↑ Bucaea at funet.fi
- ↑ 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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