Bosara agassizi
Appearance
Bosara agassizi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Bosara |
Species: | B. agassizi
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Binomial name | |
Bosara agassizi |
Bosara agassizi is a moth in the family Geometridae.[2] It is endemic to the mainland Papua New Guinea with records from the Southern Highlands and (provisionally) Eastern Highlands Provinces at altitudes of about 1,600–1,600 m (5,200–5,300 ft) above sea level.[1]
As with all species in the Bosara refusaria group, Bosara agassizi are small (forewing length about 6 mm (0.24 in)), brown to grey moths.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Galsworthy, A. C. (2003). "Bosara Walker: revisional notes on the Bosara refusaria group of species (Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 54 (3): 147–155. doi:10.18984/lepid.54.3_147.
- ^ a b Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys & Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Bosara agassizi Galsworthy, 2003". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. Retrieved 5 February 2025.