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]
  • Gullaca Warren, 1903

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]

The Moths of Borneo recognize the following species not included above:[5]

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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Bosara Walker, 1866". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Bosara Walker, 1866". Geometric Moths of the World. Forum Herbulot. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Bosara Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.