Bucaea 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.[1]
| Bucaea fumipennis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
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The males have grey wings, while the forewings of the females are dark yellow and the hindwings are yellowish grey.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku. "Bucaea fumipennis (Hampson, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- 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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