Buzara latizona

Buzara latizona is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in New Guinea and the northern half of Australia.

Buzara latizona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Buzara
Species:
B. latizona
Binomial name
Buzara latizona
(Butler, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa latizona Butler, 1874
  • Parallelia latizona (Butler, 1874)
  • Leucanitis schraderi Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Dysgonia schraderi (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Dysgonia latizona (Butler, 1874) [1]

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species.

References
  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.


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