Genus Bocana Walker, 1859

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• Bocana Walker, F. 1859. Deltoides. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 16: 1-253 [year of publication not confirmed] [170].

  Type species:

   Bocana manifestalis Walker, 1859 by original designation.
• Lamura Walker, F. 1859. Deltoides. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 16: 1-253 [year of publication not confirmed] [189].
• Bithiasa Walker, F. 1865. Supplement 3. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 33: 707-1120 [1116].
• Asthala Moore, F. in Hewitson, W.C. & Moore, F. 1882. Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late W.S. Atkinson. Part ii. Heterocera, continued (Cymatophoridae-Herminiidae). Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal 89-198, pls iv, v. [196].

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Herminiidae. pp. 289-290 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [290] (Note #576: Bocana Walker, [1859] and Lamura Walker, [1859] were published simultaneously. As first reviser Moore (1884-[1887]: 243) gave priority to Bocana Walker. Simultaneously Moore (1884-[1887]) gave priority to Bocana manifestalis Walker, [1859] over Bocana oberratalis (Walker, [1859]))

Moore, F. 1884. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : Reeve & Co. Vol. 3 xv+578 pp., 215 pls.

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