| Boenasa tricolor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Boenasa |
| Species: | B. tricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Boenasa tricolor (Herrich-Schäffer, 1866) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
The intensity of pink on the head, patagia and dorsum of the forewings is variable. In some specimens these areas are almost white.
References
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Torycus tricolor | |
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