Bocula

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Bocula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2][3][4]

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Bocula
Bocula marginata in Sabah, Borneo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Rivulinae
Genus: Bocula
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Borsippa Walker, 1858
  • Lacibisa Walker, [1863]
  • Aramuna Moore, 1884
  • Eudragana Butler, 1888
  • Sillophora Warren, 1912
  • Trichoptya Warren, 1912
  • Trapezoptera Hulstaert, 1924
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Description

Its palpi are slender and reaching vertex of head, where the third joint is minute. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with rounded apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.[5]

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