Bocula Explained

Bocula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] [2] [3]

Description

Its palpi are slender and reaching vertex of head, where the third joint is minute. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with rounded apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . April 12, 2020 . Bocula Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . July 1, 2020.
  2. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . November 5, 2004 . Bocula Guenée, 1852 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London . March 26, 2018.
  3. Web site: Holloway . Jeremy Daniel . Bocula Guenée . The Moths of Borneo . July 1, 2020.
  4. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

    . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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