Boenasa tricolor

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]

Boenasa tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Boenasa
Species:
B. tricolor
Binomial name
Boenasa tricolor
Synonyms
  • Torycus tricolor Herrich-Schäffer, 1866
  • Boenasa toryca Schaus, 1924

The intensity of pink on the head, patagia and dorsum of the forewings is variable. In some specimens these areas are almost white.

References
  1. 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 November 29, 2012.


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