Bosara emarginaria

Bosara emarginaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Bosara
Species: B. emarginaria
Binomial name
Bosara emarginaria
(Hampson, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia emarginaria Hampson, 1893
  • Gullaca exilis Bastelberger, 1905

Bosara emarginaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo and in Sri Lanka, the north-eastern Himalayas and Hong Kong.[2] The habitat consists of lowland dipterocarp forests.

The wingspan is about 26 mm.[3]

The larvae possibly feed on Breynia species.

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. The Moths of Borneo
  3. George F. (George Francis) Hampson. Moths (Volume 3)
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