Bocula xanthostola

Bocula xanthostola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
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 family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1926. It is found in Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[1]

Description

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

References

Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bocula xanthostola Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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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[1] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bocula xanthostola Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.