Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Bocana | |
Bocana manifestalis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is widespread from India through the Pacific.
Description
Wingspan about 36-40mm. Males with third joint of palpi upturned and naked. No tuft from second joint. Antennae pectinated. Fore wings with a large costal fold. Male with bipectinate antennae with moderate length branches. Body dark fuscous brown. Fore wings with indistinct oblique antemedial dark line. A white or black speck found at end of cell. There is a waved postmedial line excurved beyond cell. An irregularly sinuous submarginal line present. Hind wings with medial and submarginal waved lines. Ventral side with black cell-spot. Many specimens have two waved line with whitish outer edges.
Larvae have been recorded on various grasses and weeds.