| Bostra pulverealis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Bostra |
| Species: | B. pulverealis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bostra pulverealis | |
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Bostra pulverealis is a species of snout moth in the genus Bostra . It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found on the Bonin Islands of Japan. [2]
Bosra, also spelled Bostra, Busrana, Bozrah, Bozra and officially called Busra al-Sham, is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Daraa District of the Daraa Governorate and geographically part of the Hauran region.
Arabia Petraea or Petrea, also known as Rome's Arabian Province or simply Arabia, was a frontier province of the Roman Empire beginning in the 2nd century; it consisted of the former Nabataean Kingdom in Jordan, southern Levant, the Sinai Peninsula and northwestern Arabian Peninsula. Its capital was Petra. It was bordered on the north by Syria, on the west by Iudaea and Aegyptus, and on the south and east by the rest of Arabia, known as Arabia Deserta and Arabia Felix.
The Roman circus was a large open-air venue used for public events in the ancient Roman Empire. The circuses were similar to the ancient Greek hippodromes, although circuses served varying purposes and differed in design and construction. Along with theatres, amphitheatres, and the much similar but smaller stadiums, circuses were one of the main entertainment sites of the time. Circuses were venues for chariot races, horse races, gladiatorial combat, and performances that commemorated important events of the empire were performed there.
Nawa is a Syrian city administratively belonging to the Daraa Governorate. It has an altitude of 568 meters (1,864 ft). It had a population of 59,170 in 2007, making it the 28th largest city per geographical entity in Syria.
Titus of Bostra was a Christian theologian and bishop. Sozomen names Titus among the great men of the time of Constantius.
Donacaula is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1890.
Bostra is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from Ethiopia, Mozambique, India, and Turkey.
Bostra obsoletalis is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae described by Josef Johann Mann in 1864. It is found in southern Europe, Yemen, Sudan, the Palestinian territories, Tunisia and Morocco.
Bostra fascialis is a species of snout moth in the genus Bostra. It was described by Warren in 1895. It is found in India.
Bostra illusella is a species of snout moth in the genus Bostra. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Bostra indicator is a species of snout moth in the genus Bostra. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia and India.
Bostra nanalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Bostra. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1911, and is known from Japan and Taiwan.
Bostra pyrochroa is a species of snout moth in the genus Bostra. It was described by George Hampson in 1916, and is known from New Guinea.
Loryma marginalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Loryma. It was described by Rothschild in 1921. It is found in Iraq.
Ogilvia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1930. Its only species, Ogilvia pulverealis, was described by the same author but in 1899. It is found in Yemen.
Bostra mesoleucalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Bostra described by George Hampson in 1912.
Maurice Sartre is a French historian, an Emeritus professor of ancient history at the François Rabelais University, a specialist in ancient Greek and Eastern Roman history, especially the Hellenized Middle East, from Alexander to Islamic conquests.
Cyana detrita is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1854. The male has a wingspan of 15 mm and the female's is 19 mm.
The Sack of Bostra occurred around the spring of 270 AD when Queen Zenobia of Palmyra sent her general, Zabdas, to Bostra, the capital of Arabia Petraea, to subjugate the Tanukhids who were challenging Palmyrene authority.
The Bostran era was a calendar era with an epoch corresponding to 22 March 106 AD. It was the official era of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, introduced to replace dating by regnal years after the Roman annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom. It is named after the city of Bostra, which became the headquarters of the Sixth Legion stationed in the province.
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