Bosara
| Bosara | |
|---|---|
| Bosara errabunda | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Eupitheciini |
| Genus: | Bosara Walker, 1866[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Bosara is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.[1][2][3] They are small moths[4] that occur in South, Southeast and East Asia and in Australia.[2]
Species
The Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae and the Geometric Moths of the World recognize the following 26 species:[1][3]
- Bosara agassizi Galsworthy, 2003
- Bosara albitornalis (Prout, 1958)
- Bosara atypha (Prout, 1958)
- Bosara callinda (Holloway, 1979)
- Bosara catabares (Prout, 1958)
- Bosara corrobusta Inoue, 2002
- Bosara cuneativenis (Prout, 1958)
- Bosara dilatata Walker, 1866
- Bosara emarginaria (Hampson, 1893)
- Bosara epilopha (Turner, 1907)
- Bosara errabunda (Prout, 1958)
- Bosara exortiva (Prout, 1958)
- Bosara festivata (Warren, 1903)
- Bosara janae Galsworthy, 1999
- Bosara kadooriensis Galsworthy, 2003
- Bosara maculilinea (Warren, 1898)
- Bosara major Galsworthy, 2003
- Bosara minima (Warren, 1897)
- Bosara modesta (Warren, 1893)
- Bosara montana Galsworthy, 2003
- Bosara obliterata Inoue, 2002
- Bosara porphyrea Inoue, 2002
- Bosara pyrissous (Prout, 1958)
- Bosara refusaria (Walker, 1861)
- Bosara subrobusta (Inoue, 1988)
- Bosara torquibursa Galsworthy, 2003
The Moths of Borneo recognize the following species not included above:[5]
- Bosara brevipecten Holloway, 1997
- Bosara bursacristata Holloway, 1997
- Bosara bursalobata Holloway, 1997
- Bosara longipecten Holloway, 1997
- Bosara reductata Holloway, 1997
The Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae recognizes the following under Chloroclystis,[6] with the Geometric Moths of the World listing them as uncertain within Chloroclystis[7]
- Bosara linda (Robinson, 1975)
- Bosara phoenicophaes (Prout, 1958)
- Bosara pygmaeica (Prout, 1958)
References
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- ^ a b c Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys & Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Bosara Walker, 1866". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ a b c "Bosara Walker, 1866". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Bosara Walker, 1866". Geometric Moths of the World. Forum Herbulot. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ Galsworthy, Anthony (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.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bosara Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys & Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Chloroclystis Hübner, [1825]". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ "Chloroclystis? Hübner, [1825]". Geometric Moths of the World. Forum Herbulot. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
Further reading
- Galsworthy, A.C., 1999: New and revised eupitheciine species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong and South East Asia. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 50(3): 223-234. Abstract and full article: [1].
- Orhant, G.E.R.J., 2003: Deuxième contribution à la connaissance des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tahiti avec quelques données pour Moorea. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Mulhouse 59 (2): 22-33.