Bosara emarginaria
Species of moth
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Bosara emarginaria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found on Borneo and in Sri Lanka, the north-eastern Himalayas and Hong Kong.[2] The habitat consists of lowland dipterocarp forests.
| Bosara emarginaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Bosara |
| Species: | B. emarginaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Bosara emarginaria (Hampson, 1893) | |
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The wingspan is about 2⁄3 inch (17 mm).[3]
The larvae possibly feed on Breynia species.
