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Bucaea fumipennis

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Species of moth

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 George Hampson in 1891. It is found in the Nilgiri Mountains of India.

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

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Bucaea fumipennis (Hampson, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  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).


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