Buakea venusta
| Buakea venusta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Buakea |
| Species: | B. venusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Buakea venusta Moyal et al., 2011
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Buakea venusta is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Kenya on altitudes of between 636 and 1.066 meters.[1]
The wingspan is 18–22 mm for males and 19–21 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Cynodon aethiopicus. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 25–30 mm.[1]
References
- ^ a b Moyal et al.: Buakea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a new genus of African stem borers: morphological, ecological and molecular data. African Entomology 19(1): 23-35 (2011) doi:10.4001/003.019.0114