Bucaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
Genus: | Bucaea Walker, 1866 |
Type species | |
Savara simplex Walker, [1865] 1864[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Bucaea is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths in the genus are found in Hindustan.
Species
- Bucaea fumipennis (Hampson, 1891)
- Bucaea simplex (Walker, [1865] 1864)
References
- 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). Full article: [1]
- Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: New genera of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from South and East Asia. Tinea 18 (4): 307-314.
- Walker, F., 1864 [1865]: List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London 31 suppl.: 321 p.
- Walker, 1865 [1866], List Spec. lepid. Ins. Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1983
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