| Bupalus | |
|---|---|
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| Bupalus piniaria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Tribe: | Bupalini |
| Genus: | Bupalus Leach, 1815 |
Bupalus is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was raised by the English zoologist William Elford Leach, in 1815 and is the name of a 6th-century BC Greek sculptor.[1]
Selected species
- Bupalus piniaria (Linnaeus, 1758) – bordered white
- Bupalus vestalis Staudinger, 1897
References
- ↑ Emmet, A Maitland (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their History and Meaning. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 183. ISBN 0 946589 28 3.
- Bupalus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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