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 | |
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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) | |
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The wings are yellow, but the forewings are darker and brighter than the hindwings.[2]
References
- Bucaea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 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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