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Bucaea simplex

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Species of moth

Bucaea simplex
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. simplex
Binomial name
Bucaea simplex
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Savara simplex Walker, 1865

Bucaea simplex is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864 or 1865. It is found in southern India (Khandalla, northern Kanara).

The wings are yellow, but the forewings are darker and brighter than the hindwings.

References

  1. Bucaea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  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).
Taxon identifiers
Bucaea simplex


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