Biology:Buzara onelia

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Short description: Species of moth

Buzara onelia
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Buzara
Species:
B. onelia
Binomial name
Buzara onelia
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Naxia onelia Guenée, 1852
  • Dysgonia luteipalpis (Walker, 1865)
  • Ophiusa luteipalpis Walker, 1865
  • Dysgonia onelia (Guenée, 1852) [1]

Buzara onelia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the India to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sundaland, the Philippines and Japan .[2]

Taxonomy

Buzara umbrosa was considered a synonym of Buzara onelia, but research has shown it is a valid species.

Description

The species' wingspan about 44–46 mm. It is a dark grey brown with a purplish tinge. The head and collar are usually fulvous. Forewings with brown suffusion. Sub-basal, antemedial and postmedial indistinct waved lines and antemedial and medial ill-defined bands are greyish. There is a grey apical patch with whitish edges, and sinuous dark line runs from it to inner margin. An indistinct dentate submarginal line present with a greyish margin. Hindwings with traces of medial and antemedial pale lines found near inner margin. Outer margin is greyish.[3]

Larva with rudimentary first two abdominal proleg pairs. Body greyish white above and olive-grey below, with black spots in somewhat linear series on each somite. A reddish lateral spot found on fourth somite. Pupa efflorescent. The larvae feed on Phyllanthus and Sauropus species.[4]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5003426 entry