Bocana manifestalis
| Bocana manifestalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Bocana |
| Species: | B. manifestalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bocana manifestalis Walker, 1858 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bocana manifestalis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is widespread from India through the Pacific.
Description
Wingspan about 36-40mm. Males with third joint of palpi upturned and naked. No tuft from second joint. Antennae pectinated. Fore wings with a large costal fold. Male with bipectinate antennae with moderate length branches. Body dark fuscous brown. Fore wings with indistinct oblique antemedial dark line. A white or black speck found at end of cell. There is a waved postmedial line excurved beyond cell. An irregularly sinuous submarginal line present. Hind wings with medial and submarginal waved lines. Ventral side with black cell-spot. Many specimens have two waved line with whitish outer edges.[1]
Larvae have been recorded on various grasses and weeds.
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.