Boursinia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was described by Wilhelm Brandt in 1938,[1][2][3][4] and the genus name honours Charles Boursin, who worked extensively on the family Noctuidae.
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Species
edit- Boursinia candida (Boursin, 1964) Pakistan
- Boursinia deceptrix (Staudinger, 1900) Syria, Jordan, Arabia, Egypt
- Boursinia ferdovsi (Brandt, 1941) Iran, United Arab Emirates
- Boursinia malitiosa (Alphéraky, 1892) Kazakhstan
- Boursinia merideremica Hacker, 2004 Namibia
- Boursinia oxygramma Brandt, 1938 Iran
- Boursinia symmicta Brandt, 1938 Iran
References
edit- ^ Brandt, (1938) Beitrag zur Lepidopteren-fauna von Iran. Neue gattungen arten und formen (Macrolepidoptera) Entomologische Rundschau 55: 518
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Boursinia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (May 14, 2020). "Boursinia Brandt, 1938". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Boursinia Brandt, 1938". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 21, 2020.