Bostra (moth)

Bostra is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863[3] and is known from Ethiopia, Mozambique, India, and Turkey.

Bostra
Bostra mesoleucalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Pyralini
Genus: Bostra
Walker, 1863[1]
Type species
Bostra illusella
Walker, 1863 [2]
Synonyms
  • Therapne Ragonot, 1890

Species
  • Bostra albilineata (Warren, 1891)
  • Bostra amphidissa Meyrick, 1933
  • Bostra anhydropa Meyrick, 1933
  • Bostra asbenicola Rothschild, 1921
  • Bostra callispilalis Le Cerf, 1922 (from Kenya)
  • Bostra carnicolor Warren, 1914 (from South Africa)
  • Bostra chlorostoma Meyrick, 1934 (from Congo)
  • Bostra coenochroa Hampson, 1917
  • Bostra conflualis Hampson, 1906 (from South Africa)
  • Bostra conspicualis Warren, 1911 (from South Africa)
  • Bostra dentilinealis Hampson, 1917 (from Malawi)
  • Bostra dipectinialis Hampson, 1906
  • Bostra evillensis Ghesquière, 1942
  • Bostra excelsa Rougeot, 1984 (from Ethiopia)
  • Bostra ferrealis Hampson, 1906 (from South Africa)
  • Bostra flavicostalis Warren, 1914 (from South Africa)
  • Bostra claveriei Rougeot, 1977
  • Bostra fascialis Warren, 1895
  • Bostra fumosa de Joannis, 1927 (from Mozambique)
  • Bostra fuscipennis Hampson, 1910 (from Zambia)
  • Bostra glaucalis Hampson, 1906 (from Tanzania)
  • Bostra igneusta Swinhoe, 1895
  • Bostra illusella Walker, 1863
  • Bostra indicator (Walker, 1864)
  • Bostra lateritialis (Guenée, 1854)
  • Bostra legalis Meyrick, 1933 (from Congo)
  • Bostra leucostigmalis Hampson, 1906 (from Tanzania)
  • Bostra lignealis Hampson, 1917 (from Kenya)
  • Bostra linogramma Meyrick, 1933 (from Congo)
  • Bostra maculilinea Hampson, 1917 (from Malawi)
  • Bostra mesoleucalis Hampson, 1912
  • Bostra nanalis (Wileman, 1911)
  • Bostra noctuina (Butler, 1875) (from South Africa)
  • Bostra obsoletalis (Mann, 1864)
  • Bostra ochrigrammalis Hampson, 1906 (from Nigeria)
  • Bostra pallidicolor Hampson, 1917 (from South Africa)
  • Bostra pallidifrons Hampson, 1917
  • Bostra perrubida Hampson, 1910 (from Zambia)
  • Bostra phoenicocraspis Hampson, 1917 (from Cameroon)
  • Bostra phoenicocraspis Hampson, 1917 (from Cameroon)
  • Bostra phoenicoxantha Hampson, 1917 (from Malawi)
  • Bostra pseudoexcelsa , 1984 (from Ethiopia)
  • Bostra puncticostalis Hampson, 1898 (from South Africa)
  • Bostra pulverealis (Hampson, 1916)
  • Bostra purpurealis Hampson, 1917
  • Bostra pygmaea Hampson, 1906 (from Kenya)
  • Bostra pyrochroa (Hampson, 1916)
  • Bostra pyrochroalis Hampson, 1916 (from Somalia)
  • Bostra pyroxantha Hampson, 1906 (from Zimbabwe)


References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Bostra Walker, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. Bostra at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
  3. Francis, Walker (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p. 123. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
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