Biology:Bosara major

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Short description: Species of moth

Bosara major
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Bosara
Species:
B. major
Binomial name
Bosara major
Galsworthy, 2003[1][2]

Bosara major is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[2] It is known from Sri Lanka.[1]

As with all species in the Bosara refusaria group, Bosara major are small (forewing length about 6 mm (0.24 in)), brown to grey moths. Only females of this species are known.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Galsworthy, A. C. (2003). "Bosara Walker: revisional notes on the Bosara refusaria group of species (Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 54 (3): 147–155. doi:10.18984/lepid.54.3_147. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/lepid/54/3/54_KJ00006420192/_article/-char/en. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys; Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Bosara major Galsworthy, 2003". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/taxon/1988. 

Wikidata ☰ Q132146969 entry