Buzara umbrosa
| Buzara umbrosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Buzara |
| Species: | B. umbrosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Buzara umbrosa (Walker, 1865) | |
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Buzara umbrosa is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in China, India and Sri Lanka.
Taxonomy
Buzara umbrosa was considered a synonym of Buzara onelia,[1] but research has shown it is a valid species.
Description
Wingspan about 44-46mm. It is a dark grey-brown with a purplish tinged. The head and collar collar usually fulvous. Fore wings with brown suffusion. Sub-basal, antemedial and postmedial indistinct waved lines and antemedial and medial ill-defined bands are greyish. There is a grey apical patch with whitish edges, and sinuous dark line runs from it to inner margin. An indistinct dentate submarginal line present with a greyish margin. Hind wings with traces of medial and antemedial pale lines found near inner margin. Outer margin is greyish.[2]
Larva with rudimentary first two abdominal proleg pairs. Body greyish white above and olive-grey below, with black spots in somewhat linear series on each somite. A reddish lateral spot found on fourth somite. Pupa efflorescent. The larvae feed on Phyllanthus and Sauropus species.[3]
References
- ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Buzara onelia Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.