Bosara modesta

Bosara modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Bosara
Species:	B. modesta
Binomial name
	Bosara modesta; (Warren, 1893)
Synonyms
	Calluga modesta Warren, 1893;

Bosara modesta is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1893.[1] It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and on Java.[2]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. Adults are fuscous, suffused with rufous on the body and base of the wings, which have traces of numerous waved lines. The forewings have an olive-green postmedial line, as well as a fine olive waved submarginal line. The hindwings have double postmedial and single submarginal curved and waved olive lines.[3]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Bosara modesta (Warren 1893)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bosara Walker Gen. rev". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
Warren, W. (1893). "On new Genera and Species of Moths of the Family Geometridae from India, in the Collection of H. J. Elwes": 383 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Bosara modesta (Warren 1893)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

[2] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bosara Walker Gen. rev". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[3] Warren, W. (1893). "On new Genera and Species of Moths of the Family Geometridae from India, in the Collection of H. J. Elwes": 383 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)