Bosara maior

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Bosara maior
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Bosara
Species:
B. maior
Binomial name
Bosara maior

Bosara maior [1] or Bosara major [a] is a moth in the family Geometridae. [2] It is endemic to Sri Lanka. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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 .
  2. 1 2 Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys & Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Bosara major Galsworthy, 2003". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. Retrieved 5 February 2025.

Notes

  1. Spelling "maior", without any explanation of the name, is used in the original description. The spelling has been corrected (?) to "major" in the Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae.