Buakea kaeuae

Buakea kaeuae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Buakea
Species:	B. kaeuae
Binomial name
Buakea kaeuae Moyal et al., 2011

Buakea kaeuae is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is only known from two locations in Kenya.[1]

The wingspan is 20–23 mm for males and 21–24 mm for females.

The larvae feed within the stem of Panicum maximum. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 30–35 mm.[1]

References

1. 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