Buzara umbrosa

Buzara umbrosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in China, India and Sri Lanka.

Buzara umbrosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Buzara
Species:
B. umbrosa
Binomial name
Buzara umbrosa
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Dysgonia umbrosa (Walker, 1865)
  • Ophiusa umbrosa Walker, 1865
  • Parallelia umbrosa (Walker, 1865)
  • Parallelia obumbrata Walker
  • Dysgonia obumbrata Walker

Taxonomy

Buzara umbrosa was considered a synonym of Buzara onelia,[1] but research has shown it is a valid species.

Description

Its wingspan is 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.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Buzara onelia Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 August 2016.


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