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)[1]
Synonyms
  • Calluga modesta Warren, 1893

Bosara modesta is a moth in the family Geometridae. 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

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. The Moths of Borneo
  3. George F. (George Francis) Hampson. Moths (Volume 3)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bosara modesta.
Wikispecies has information related to: Bosara modesta


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.