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Bucaea fumipennis

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Bucaea fumipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Bucaea
Species:
B. fumipennis
Binomial name
Bucaea fumipennis
(Hampson, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Phragmatobia fumipennis Hampson, 1891
  • Tamilarctia fumipennis

Bucaea fumipennis is a moth of the family Erebidae. 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).