Biology:Buzara onelia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Buzara |
| Species: | B. onelia
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| Binomial name | |
| Buzara onelia (Guenée, 1852)
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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
- ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. ISBN:0-916846-45-8, ISBN:978-0-916846-45-9
- ↑ "Buzara onelia Guenee ババアシブトクチバ". http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/15_EREBINAE/030_Buzara/Buzara%20onelia/Buzara%20onelia.htm. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- ↑ "Buzara onelia Guenée". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/ophiusini/ophiusini_7_1.php. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5003426 entry
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