Bocula

Bocula
B. marginata
Sabah, Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Rivulinae
Genus: Bocula
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Aramuna Moore, 1884
  • Borsippa Walker, 1858
  • Eudragana Butler, 1880
  • Lacibisa Walker, 1863
  • Sillophora Warren, 1912
  • Trichoptya Warren, 1912

Bocula is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.

Description

Palpi slender and reaching vertex of head, where the third joint minute. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia fringed with hair. Fore wing with rounded apex. Hind wings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.[1]

Species

References

  1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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