Boenasa tricolor
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Boenasa tricolor (Herrich-Schäffer, 1866)
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Boenasa tricolor is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1866. It is found on Cuba.[1]
The intensity of pink on the head, patagia and dorsum of the forewings is variable. In some specimens these areas are almost white.
References
[edit]- ^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.