| Buzara onelia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Buzara |
| Species: | B. onelia |
| Binomial name | |
| Buzara onelia (Guenée, 1852) | |
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Buzara onelia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indian subregion to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sundaland, the Philippines and Japan. [2]
Buzara umbrosa was considered a synonym of Buzara onelia, but research has shown it is a valid species.
The species' wingspan about 44–46 mm. It is a dark grey brown with a purplish tinge. The head and collar are usually fulvous. Forewings with brown suffusion. Sub-basal, antemedial and postmedial indistinct waved lines and antemedial and medial ill-defined bands are greyish. There is a grey apical patch with whitish edges, and sinuous dark line runs from it to inner margin. An indistinct dentate submarginal line present with a greyish margin. Hindwings with traces of medial and antemedial pale lines found near inner margin. Outer margin is greyish. [3]
Larva with rudimentary first two abdominal proleg pairs. Body greyish white above and olive-grey below, with black spots in somewhat linear series on each somite. A reddish lateral spot found on fourth somite. Pupa efflorescent. The larvae feed on Phyllanthus and Sauropus species. [4]
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