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Boenasa

Laguerre, Michel

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Boenasa is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865. The known species are from the Greater Antilles.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyErebidae
Observations33

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Erebidae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
Dominican Republic, Cuba

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Arctiinae
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taxon name
Boenasa
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Boenasa
taxonomic type
Boenasa nigrorosea
Commons category
Boenasa
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Boenasa is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865. The known species are from the Greater Antilles.

==Species== Boenasa angelica Schaus, 1924 – Dominican Republic Boenasa benedicti Laguerre, 2020 – Dominican Republic Boenasa davidsoni Laguerre, 2024 – Dominican Republic Boenasa domingonis (Schaus, 1924) – Dominican Republic Boenasa keegani Laguerre, 2024 – Dominican Republic Boenasa nigrorosea Walker, [1865] – Dominican Republic Boenasa tricolor (Herrich-Schaffer, 1866) – Cuba

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