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Bocula
Sign in to saveBocula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
Bocula é um gênero de traça pertencente à família Arctiidae.[1] Referências ↑ «Bocula». INaturalist (em inglês). Consultado em 12 de agosto de 2019 Bibliografia Bates DL, Fenton MB (1990) Aposematism or startle? Predators learn their responses to the defenses of prey. Can J Zool 68:49–52 Dunning DC, Krüger M (1995) Aposematic sounds in African moths. Biotropica 27:227–231 Dunning DC, Acharya L, Merriman CB, Ferro LD (1992) Interactions between bats and arctiid moths. Can J Zool 70:2218–2223 Fullard JH, Fenton MB, Simmons JA (1979) Jamming bat echolocation: the clicks of arctiid moths. Can J Zool 57:647–649 William Conner (ed.). (2009). Tiger moths and woolly bears : behavior, ecology, and evolution of the Arctiidae. Oxford University Press: New York. ISBN 9780195327373
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Erebidae
- Collections
- YPM, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Angola
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Bocula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
==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.
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