# Bosara

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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = A35-20170220-247 (33291996494).jpg
| image_caption = ''[Bosara errabunda](/source/Bosara_errabunda)''
| taxon = Bosara
| authority = [Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)), 1866<ref name="Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae"/>
| synonyms = *''Gullaca'' <small>Warren, 1903</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=GBIF/>
}}

'''''Bosara''''' is a genus of [moth](/source/moth)s in the family [Geometridae](/source/Geometridae).<ref name="Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae"/><ref name=GBIF/><ref name="Geometric Moths of the World"/> They are small moths<ref name="Galsworthy 2003"/> that occur in South, Southeast and East Asia and in Australia.<ref name=GBIF/>

==Species==
The ''Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae'' and the ''Geometric Moths of the World'' recognize the following 26 species:<ref name="Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae"/><ref name="Geometric Moths of the World"/>
{{div col}}{{linked species list
 | Bosara agassizi | Galsworthy, 2003 
 | Bosara albitornalis | (Prout, 1958) 
 | Bosara atypha | (Prout, 1958) 
 | Bosara callinda | (Holloway, 1979) 
 | Bosara catabares | (Prout, 1958) 
 | Bosara corrobusta | Inoue, 2002 
 | Bosara cuneativenis | (Prout, 1958) 
 | Bosara dilatata | Walker, 1866 
 | Bosara emarginaria | (Hampson, 1893) 
 | Bosara epilopha | (Turner, 1907) 
 | Bosara errabunda | (Prout, 1958) 
 | Bosara exortiva | (Prout, 1958) 
 | Bosara festivata | (Warren, 1903) 
 | Bosara janae | Galsworthy, 1999 
 | Bosara kadooriensis | Galsworthy, 2003 
 | Bosara maculilinea | (Warren, 1898) 
 | Bosara major | Galsworthy, 2003 
 | Bosara minima | (Warren, 1897) 
 | Bosara modesta | (Warren, 1893) 
 | Bosara montana | Galsworthy, 2003 
 | Bosara obliterata | Inoue, 2002 
 | Bosara porphyrea | Inoue, 2002 
 | Bosara pyrissous | (Prout, 1958) 
 | Bosara refusaria | (Walker, 1861) 
 | Bosara subrobusta | (Inoue, 1988) 
 | Bosara torquibursa | Galsworthy, 2003 
}}{{div col end}}

The ''Moths of Borneo'' recognize the following species not included above:<ref name="Moths of Borneo"/>
*''[Bosara brevipecten](/source/Bosara_brevipecten)'' <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
*''[Bosara bursacristata](/source/Bosara_bursacristata)'' <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
*''[Bosara bursalobata](/source/Bosara_bursalobata)'' <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
*''[Bosara longipecten](/source/Bosara_longipecten)'' <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
*''[Bosara reductata](/source/Bosara_reductata)'' <small>Holloway, 1997</small>

The ''Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae'' recognizes the following under ''[Chloroclystis](/source/Chloroclystis)'',<ref name="Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae - Chloroclystis"/> with the ''Geometric Moths of the World'' listing them as uncertain within ''Chloroclystis''<ref name="Geometric Moths of the World - Chloroclystis"/>
*''[Bosara linda](/source/Bosara_linda)'' <small>(Robinson, 1975)</small>
*''[Bosara phoenicophaes](/source/Bosara_phoenicophaes)'' <small>(Prout, 1958)</small>
*''[Bosara pygmaeica](/source/Bosara_pygmaeica)'' <small>(Prout, 1958)</small>

==References==
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{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Galsworthy 2003">{{cite journal |last1=Galsworthy |first1=Anthony |title=''Bosara'' Walker: revisional notes on the ''Bosara refusaria'' group of species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) |journal=Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan |date=2003 |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=147–155 |doi=10.18984/lepid.54.3_147 |doi-access=free |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/lepid/54/3/54_KJ00006420192/_article/-char/en/}}</ref>

<ref name=GBIF>{{GBIF |id=4707658 |taxon=''Bosara'' Walker, 1866 |access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="Geometric Moths of the World">{{cite web |url=https://geometroidea.smns-bw.org/geometridae/Catalogue/?tree=20915 |title=''Bosara'' Walker, 1866 |publisher=Forum Herbulot |work=Geometric Moths of the World |access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="Geometric Moths of the World - Chloroclystis">{{cite web |url=https://geometroidea.smns-bw.org/geometridae/Catalogue/?tree=21243 |title=''Chloroclystis?'' Hübner, [1825] |publisher=Forum Herbulot |work=Geometric Moths of the World |access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="Moths of Borneo">{{cite web |last=Holloway |first=Jeremy Daniel |url=https://www.mothsofborneo.com/genera/bosara |title=''Bosara'' Walker |website=The Moths of Borneo |access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae">{{cite web |last1=Rajaei |first1=Hossein |last2=Hausmann |first2=Axel |last3=Scoble |first3=Malcolm |last4=Wanke |first4=Dominic |last5=Plotkin |first5=David |last6=Brehm |first6=Gunnar |last7=Murillo-Ramos |first7=Leidys |last8=Sihvonen |first8=Pasi |name-list-style=amp |title=''Bosara'' Walker, 1866 |work=Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158 |url=https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/taxon/1972 |date=6 June 2024 |access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae - Chloroclystis">{{cite web |last1=Rajaei |first1=Hossein |last2=Hausmann |first2=Axel |last3=Scoble |first3=Malcolm |last4=Wanke |first4=Dominic |last5=Plotkin |first5=David |last6=Brehm |first6=Gunnar |last7=Murillo-Ramos |first7=Leidys |last8=Sihvonen |first8=Pasi |name-list-style=amp |title=''Chloroclystis'' Hübner, [1825] |work=Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158 |url=https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/taxon/3074 |date=6 June 2024 |access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
* {{aut|Galsworthy, A.C.}}, 1999: New and revised eupitheciine species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong and South East Asia. ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan'' '''50(3)''': 223-234. Abstract and full article: [https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110007630855/en].
* {{aut|Orhant, G.E.R.J.}}, 2003: Deuxième contribution à la connaissance des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tahiti avec quelques données pour Moorea. ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Mulhouse'' '''59 (2)''': 22-33.

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Category:Eupitheciini
Category:Geometer moth genera
Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)

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