Bostra (moth)

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = 42-Bostra mesoleucalis Hampson, 1912.JPG

| image_caption = Bostra mesoleucalis

| taxon = Bostra

| authority = Walker, 1863{{cite web |first=Markku |last=Savela |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/pyralinae/bostra/ |title=Bostra Walker, 1863 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=September 21, 2017}}

| type_species = Bostra illusella

| type_species_authority = Walker, 1863 {{ButMoth|id=4124.0|accessdate=28 November 2012}}

| synonyms = *Therapne Ragonot, 1890

}}

Bostra is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863{{cite book|last=Francis|first=Walker|title=List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9s4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA123|accessdate=28 November 2012|year=1863|publisher=Trustees, British Museum|page=123}} and is known from Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Species

These 114 species belong to the genus Bostra:

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References

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{{Cite web| title=Bostra Walker, 1863

| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8ZXLG

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2024-08-01

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{{Cite web| title=Bostra Walker, 1863

| url=https://www.afromoths.net/moth/4185

| website=Afromoths.net

| access-date=2024-08-01

}}

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