Bostra (moth)
| Bostra | |
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| Bostra mesoleucalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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Bostra is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863[3] and is known from Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Species
[edit]These 114 species belong to the genus Bostra:[4][5]
- Bostra albilineata Warren, 1891 (Africa)
- Bostra albistictalis de Joannis, 1930
- Bostra ambinanitalis Viette, 1960
- Bostra amphidissa Meyrick, 1933
- Bostra angulifascia Moore, 1888
- Bostra anhydropa Meyrick, 1933
- Bostra arida Butler, 1881
- Bostra asbenicola Rothschild, 1921 (Africa)
- Bostra astigma Hampson, 1893
- Bostra atomalis Amsel, 1949
- Bostra austautalis (Oberthür, 1881)
- Bostra balux Swinhoe, 1884
- Bostra bifascialis Amsel, 1950
- Bostra bradleyalis Viette, 1960
- Bostra buddhalis Caradja, 1927
- Bostra callispilalis Le Cerf, 1922 (Kenya)
- Bostra carnealis Hampson, 1896
- Bostra carnicolor Warren, 1914 (South Africa)
- Bostra castanoptera Moore, 1885
- Bostra catochrysalis Ragonot, 1891
- Bostra cervinalis Rebel, 1902
- Bostra chlorostoma Meyrick, 1934 (Congo)
- Bostra claveriei Rougeot, 1977
- Bostra coenochroa Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
- Bostra comealis Amsel, 1951
- Bostra conflualis Hampson, 1906 (South Africa)
- Bostra conspicualis Warren, 1911 (South Africa)
- Bostra denticulata Swinhoe, 1890
- Bostra dentilinealis Hampson, 1917 (Malawi)
- Bostra diffusalis Walker, 1863
- Bostra dipectinialis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
- Bostra evillensis Ghesquière, 1942
- Bostra excelsa Rougeot, 1984 (Ethiopia)
- Bostra farsalis Amsel, 1950
- Bostra fascialis Warren, 1895
- Bostra ferrealis Hampson, 1906 (South Africa)
- Bostra ferrifusalis Hampson, 1899
- Bostra flammalis Hampson, 1906
- Bostra flavilinealis Hampson, 1906
- Bostra flavicostalis Warren, 1914 (South Africa)
- Bostra fracticornalis Snellen, 1895
- Bostra fumosa de Joannis, 1927 (Mozambique)
- Bostra fuscella Amsel, 1959
- Bostra fuscipennis Hampson, 1910 (Zambia)
- Bostra fuscolimbalis Ragonot, 1888
- Bostra glaucalis Hampson, 1906 (Tanzania)
- Bostra gnidusalis Walker, 1859
- Bostra homsalis Amsel, 1952
- Bostra igneusta Swinhoe, 1895
- Bostra ignirubralis Hampson, 1917
- Bostra illusella Walker, 1863
- Bostra imperatrix Warren, 1896
- Bostra indicator Walker, 1863
- Bostra kirmanialis Amsel, 1961
- Bostra kneuckeri Rebel, 1909
- Bostra laristanalis Amsel, 1961
- Bostra lateritialis Guenée, 1854 (Africa)
- Bostra legalis Meyrick, 1933 (Congo)
- Bostra leucostigmalis Hampson, 1906 (Tanzania)
- Bostra lignealis Hampson, 1917 (Kenya)
- Bostra linogramma Meyrick, 1933 (Congo)
- Bostra loxotona Meyrick, 1933
- Bostra luteocostalis Amsel, 1950
- Bostra maculilinea Hampson, 1917 (Malawi)
- Bostra marginalis Rothschild, 1921
- Bostra mesoleucalis Hampson, 1912
- Bostra metaxanthialis Hampson, 1906
- Bostra minimalis Amsel, 1949
- Bostra mirifica Inoue, 1985
- Bostra nanalis Wileman, 1911 (temperate Asia)
- Bostra nephelorthra Meyrick, 1933
- Bostra noctuina Butler, 1875 (South Africa)
- Bostra obsoletalis (Mann, 1884) (temperate Asia)
- Bostra ochrigrammalis Hampson, 1906 (Nigeria)
- Bostra ochrigraphalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
- Bostra orthocopa Meyrick, 1937
- Bostra pallidicolor Hampson, 1917 (South Africa)
- Bostra pallidicosta Hampson, 1893
- Bostra pallidifrons Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
- Bostra perrubida Hampson, 1910 (Zambia)
- Bostra phoenicocraspis Hampson, 1917 (Cameroon)
- Bostra phoenicoxantha Hampson, 1917 (Cameroon)
- Bostra pseudoexcelsa Rougeot, 1984 (Ethiopia)
- Bostra pseudospaniella Amsel, 1951
- Bostra puncticostalis Hampson, 1898 (South Africa)
- Bostra purpurealis Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
- Bostra pygmaea Hampson, 1906 (Kenya)
- Bostra pyrochroa Hampson, 1916
- Bostra pyrochroalis Hampson, 1916 (Somalia)
- Bostra pyroxantha Hampson, 1906 (Zimbabwe)
- Bostra ragonotalis Viette, 1960
- Bostra rhodophaea Ghesquière, 1942
- Bostra rigidalis Snellen, 1900
- Bostra rufimarginalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
- Bostra ruptilinealis Warren, 1895
- Bostra rusinalis Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
- Bostra salmo Hampson, 1891
- Bostra sarcosia Hampson, 1912
- Bostra scotalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
- Bostra semnodoxa Meyrick, 1934
- Bostra sentalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
- Bostra shirazalis Amsel, 1961
- Bostra sogalis Viette, 1960
- Bostra spaniella Amsel, 1935
- Bostra subviridescens Warren, 1895
- Bostra suffusalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
- Bostra tenebralis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
- Bostra thermialis Hampson, 1910 (Africa)
- Bostra tripartita Warren, 1897 (Africa)
- Bostra tristis (Butler, 1881) (Africa)
- Bostra tyriocausta Meyrick, 1933
- Bostra vetustalis Zeller, 1852 (Africa)
- Bostra whalleyalis Viette, 1960
- Bostra xanthorhodalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Bostra Walker, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Bostra at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bostra Walker, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ "Bostra Walker, 1863". Afromoths.net. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
External links
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Media related to Bostra at Wikimedia Commons- Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Bostra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
