Buakea venusta

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

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

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