''Buzara'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the family
Erebidae.
Taxonomy
Several species now in the genus where formerly placed in the genus ''
Dysgonia
''Dysgonia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Taxonomy
Many species formerly in the genus were moved to other genera, such as ''Bastilla'', '' Buzara'', '' Pindara'' and '' Macaldenia'' ...
''.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
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Buzara chrysomela''
Walker, 1864 (syn: ''Buzara eurychrysa''
(Meyrick, 1889), ''Buzara gestroi''
Oberthuer, 1880)
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Buzara circumducta''
Warren, 1912
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Buzara feneratrix''
(Guenée, 1852)
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Buzara forceps''
(Kobes, 1985)
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Buzara frontinus''
(Donovan, 1805)
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Buzara infractafinis
''Buzara infractafinis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Australia.
The larvae feed on ''Breynia
''Breynia'' is a plant genus in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described in 1776. It is native to Southeast Asia, China, t ...
''
(Lucas, 1894)
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Buzara lageos''
(Guenée, 1852)
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Buzara latizona
''Buzara latizona'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in New Guinea and the northern half of Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland o ...
''
(Butler, 1874)
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Buzara lua''
(Strand, 1816)
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Buzara luteipalpis''
(Walker)
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Buzara onelia''
(Guenée, 1852)
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Buzara propyrrha
''Buzara propyrrha'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Australia and Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Ocea ...
''
(Walker, 1858)
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Buzara roulera''
(Swinhoe, 1909)
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Buzara pseudoumbrosa''
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Buzara saikehi''
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Buzara umbrosa''
(Walker, 1865)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus databaseGenus info
Ophiusini
Moth genera
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