Bucaea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Bucaea
Species: B. fumipennis – B. simplex
Name

Bucaea Walker, 1866

Type species: Savara simplex Walker, 1865
Synonyms

Savara [Francis Walker|[Walker]], 1865, List Spec. lepid. Ins. Colln Br. Mus. 31: 320 nec Walker, 1862, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 184 (Noctuidae). Type species: Savara simplex Walker, 1865, by monotypy.
Tamilarctia Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005, Tinea 18 (4): 307–308. Type species: Phragmatobia fumipennis Hampson, 1891

References

Dubatolov, V.V., 2007: The systematic position of the genera Bucaea Walker, 1866 and Tamilarctia Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005. Atalanta 38 (1/2): 213–216, colour pl. 10 (p. 316). Full article: [1]
Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: New genera of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from South and East Asia. Tinea 18 (4): 307–314.
Walker, F., 1864 [1865]: List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London 31 suppl.: 321 p.
Walker, 1865 [1866], List Spec. lepid. Ins. Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1983

Bucaea is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths in the genus are found in Hindustan.
Species

Bucaea fumipennis (Hampson, 1891)
Bucaea simplex (Walker, [1865] 1864)

References

Bucaea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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Dubatolov, V.V., 2007: The systematic position of the genera Bucaea Walker, 1866 and Tamilarctia Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005. Atalanta 38 (1/2): 213-216, colour pl. 10 (p. 316). Full article: [1]
Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y., 2005: New genera of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from South and East Asia. Tinea 18 (4): 307-314.
Walker, F., 1864 [1865]: List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London 31 suppl.: 321 p.
Walker, 1865 [1866], List Spec. lepid. Ins. Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1983