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Bucaea fumipennis

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Bucaea fumipennis
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B. fumipennis
Binomial name
Bucaea fumipennis
(Hampson, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Phragmatobia fumipennis Hampson, 1891
  • Tamilarctia fumipennis

Bucaea fumipennis is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1891. It is found in India (Nilgiris).[1]

The males have grey wings, while the forewings of the females are dark yellow and the hindwings are yellowish grey.[2]

References

  1. ^ Phragmatobia at funet.fi
  2. ^ 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).