Bostra (moth) explained

Bostra is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863^[1] and is known from Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Species

These 114 species belong to the genus Bostra:

• Bostra albilineata Warren, 1891 (Africa)
• Bostra albistictalis de Joannis, 1930
• Bostra ambinanitalis Viette, 1960
• Bostra amphidissa Meyrick, 1933
• Bostra angulifascia Moore, 1888
• Bostra anhydropa Meyrick, 1933
• Bostra arida Butler, 1881
• Bostra asbenicola Rothschild, 1921 (Africa)
• Bostra astigma Hampson, 1893
• Bostra atomalis Amsel, 1949
• Bostra austautalis (Oberthür, 1881)
• Bostra balux Swinhoe, 1884
• Bostra bifascialis Amsel, 1950
• Bostra bradleyalis Viette, 1960
• Bostra buddhalis Caradja, 1927
• Bostra callispilalis Le Cerf, 1922 (Kenya)
• Bostra carnealis Hampson, 1896
• Bostra carnicolor Warren, 1914 (South Africa)
• Bostra castanoptera Moore, 1885
• Bostra catochrysalis Ragonot, 1891
• Bostra cervinalis Rebel, 1902
• Bostra chlorostoma Meyrick, 1934 (Congo)
• Bostra claveriei Rougeot, 1977
• Bostra coenochroa Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
• Bostra comealis Amsel, 1951
• Bostra conflualis Hampson, 1906 (South Africa)
• Bostra conspicualis Warren, 1911 (South Africa)
• Bostra denticulata Swinhoe, 1890
• Bostra dentilinealis Hampson, 1917 (Malawi)
• Bostra diffusalis Walker, 1863
• Bostra dipectinialis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
• Bostra evillensis Ghesquière, 1942
• Bostra excelsa Rougeot, 1984 (Ethiopia)
• Bostra farsalis Amsel, 1950
• Bostra fascialis Warren, 1895
• Bostra ferrealis Hampson, 1906 (South Africa)
• Bostra ferrifusalis Hampson, 1899
• Bostra flammalis Hampson, 1906
• Bostra flavilinealis Hampson, 1906
• Bostra flavicostalis Warren, 1914 (South Africa)
• Bostra fracticornalis Snellen, 1895
• Bostra fumosa de Joannis, 1927 (Mozambique)
• Bostra fuscella Amsel, 1959
• Bostra fuscipennis Hampson, 1910 (Zambia)
• Bostra fuscolimbalis Ragonot, 1888
• Bostra glaucalis Hampson, 1906 (Tanzania)
• Bostra gnidusalis Walker, 1859
• Bostra homsalis Amsel, 1952
• Bostra igneusta Swinhoe, 1895
• Bostra ignirubralis Hampson, 1917
• Bostra illusella Walker, 1863
• Bostra imperatrix Warren, 1896
• Bostra indicator Walker, 1863
• Bostra kirmanialis Amsel, 1961
• Bostra kneuckeri Rebel, 1909
• Bostra laristanalis Amsel, 1961
• Bostra lateritialis Guenée, 1854 (Africa)
• Bostra legalis Meyrick, 1933 (Congo)
• Bostra leucostigmalis Hampson, 1906 (Tanzania)
• Bostra lignealis Hampson, 1917 (Kenya)
• Bostra linogramma Meyrick, 1933 (Congo)
• Bostra loxotona Meyrick, 1933
• Bostra luteocostalis Amsel, 1950
• Bostra maculilinea Hampson, 1917 (Malawi)
• Bostra marginalis Rothschild, 1921
• Bostra mesoleucalis Hampson, 1912
• Bostra metaxanthialis Hampson, 1906
• Bostra minimalis Amsel, 1949
• Bostra mirifica Inoue, 1985
• Bostra nanalis Wileman, 1911 (temperate Asia)
• Bostra nephelorthra Meyrick, 1933
• Bostra noctuina Butler, 1875 (South Africa)
• Bostra obsoletalis (Mann, 1884) (temperate Asia)
• Bostra ochrigrammalis Hampson, 1906 (Nigeria)
• Bostra ochrigraphalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
• Bostra orthocopa Meyrick, 1937
• Bostra pallidicolor Hampson, 1917 (South Africa)
• Bostra pallidicosta Hampson, 1893
• Bostra pallidifrons Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
• Bostra perrubida Hampson, 1910 (Zambia)
• Bostra phoenicocraspis Hampson, 1917 (Cameroon)
• Bostra phoenicoxantha Hampson, 1917 (Cameroon)
• Bostra pseudoexcelsa Rougeot, 1984 (Ethiopia)
• Bostra pseudospaniella Amsel, 1951
• Bostra puncticostalis Hampson, 1898 (South Africa)
• Bostra purpurealis Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
• Bostra pygmaea Hampson, 1906 (Kenya)
• Bostra pyrochroa Hampson, 1916
• Bostra pyrochroalis Hampson, 1916 (Somalia)
• Bostra pyroxantha Hampson, 1906 (Zimbabwe)
• Bostra ragonotalis Viette, 1960
• Bostra rhodophaea Ghesquière, 1942
• Bostra rigidalis Snellen, 1900
• Bostra rufimarginalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
• Bostra ruptilinealis Warren, 1895
• Bostra rusinalis Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
• Bostra salmo Hampson, 1891
• Bostra sarcosia Hampson, 1912
• Bostra scotalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
• Bostra semnodoxa Meyrick, 1934
• Bostra sentalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
• Bostra shirazalis Amsel, 1961
• Bostra sogalis Viette, 1960
• Bostra spaniella Amsel, 1935
• Bostra subviridescens Warren, 1895
• Bostra suffusalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
• Bostra tenebralis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
• Bostra thermialis Hampson, 1910 (Africa)
• Bostra tripartita Warren, 1897 (Africa)
• Bostra tristis (Butler, 1881) (Africa)
• Bostra tyriocausta Meyrick, 1933
• Bostra vetustalis Zeller, 1852 (Africa)
• Bostra whalleyalis Viette, 1960
• Bostra xanthorhodalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)

External links

• • Web site: Nuss . M. . etal . 2003–2017 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . September 21, 2017.

Notes and References

1. Book: Francis, Walker. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. 28 November 2012. 1863. Trustees, British Museum. 123.