Boenasa tricolor

Boenasa tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Boenasa
Species: B. tricolor
Binomial name
Boenasa tricolor
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Torycus tricolor Herrich-Schaffer, 1866
  • Boenasa toryca Schaus, 1924

Boenasa tricolor is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found on Cuba.[1]

The intensity of pink on the head, patagia and dorsum of the forewings is variable. In some specimens these areas are almost white.

References

  1. ↑ The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) trom Cuba described by Herrich-Schaffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana


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