Bocula xanthostola
| Bocula xanthostola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Genus: | Bocula |
| Species: | B. xanthostola |
| Binomial name | |
| Bocula xanthostola Hampson, 1926 | |
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Bocula xanthostola is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[1]
Description
Wingspan is about 31mm. Body whitish with a slight pink tinge. Thorax blackish brown. Fore wings with a black-brown fascia from base, becoming very broad in and beyond the end of cell. A white speck found at lower angle of cell. Postmedial and marginal series of specks can be seen. Veins are rather pale in color. Hind wings are pinkish fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ "Bocula xanthostola Hampson". The Moths Of Borneo. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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