# Bostra (moth)

Bostra is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from Europe, Africa, and Asia.

## Species

These 114 species belong to the genus Bostra:
* Bostra albilineata Warren, 1891 (Africa)
* Bostra albistictalis de Joannis, 1930
* Bostra ambinanitalis Viette, 1960
* Bostra amphidissa Meyrick, 1933
* Bostra angulifascia Moore, 1888
* Bostra anhydropa Meyrick, 1933
* Bostra arida Butler, 1881
* Bostra asbenicola Rothschild, 1921 (Africa)
* Bostra astigma Hampson, 1893
* Bostra atomalis Amsel, 1949
* Bostra austautalis (Oberthür, 1881)
* Bostra balux Swinhoe, 1884
* Bostra bifascialis Amsel, 1950
* Bostra bradleyalis Viette, 1960
* Bostra buddhalis Caradja, 1927
* Bostra callispilalis Le Cerf, 1922 (Kenya)
* Bostra carnealis Hampson, 1896
* Bostra carnicolor Warren, 1914 (South Africa)
* Bostra castanoptera Moore, 1885
* Bostra catochrysalis Ragonot, 1891
* Bostra cervinalis Rebel, 1902
* Bostra chlorostoma Meyrick, 1934 (Congo)
* Bostra claveriei Rougeot, 1977
* Bostra coenochroa Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
* Bostra comealis Amsel, 1951
* Bostra conflualis Hampson, 1906 (South Africa)
* Bostra conspicualis Warren, 1911 (South Africa)
* Bostra denticulata Swinhoe, 1890
* Bostra dentilinealis Hampson, 1917 (Malawi)
* Bostra diffusalis Walker, 1863
* Bostra dipectinialis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
* Bostra evillensis Ghesquière, 1942
* Bostra excelsa Rougeot, 1984 (Ethiopia)
* Bostra farsalis Amsel, 1950
* Bostra fascialis Warren, 1895
* Bostra ferrealis Hampson, 1906 (South Africa)
* Bostra ferrifusalis Hampson, 1899
* Bostra flammalis Hampson, 1906
* Bostra flavilinealis Hampson, 1906
* Bostra flavicostalis Warren, 1914 (South Africa)
* Bostra fracticornalis Snellen, 1895
* Bostra fumosa de Joannis, 1927 (Mozambique)
* Bostra fuscella Amsel, 1959
* Bostra fuscipennis Hampson, 1910 (Zambia)
* Bostra fuscolimbalis Ragonot, 1888
* Bostra glaucalis Hampson, 1906 (Tanzania)
* Bostra gnidusalis Walker, 1859
* Bostra homsalis Amsel, 1952
* Bostra igneusta Swinhoe, 1895
* Bostra ignirubralis Hampson, 1917
* Bostra illusella Walker, 1863
* Bostra imperatrix Warren, 1896
* Bostra indicator Walker, 1863
* Bostra kirmanialis Amsel, 1961
* Bostra kneuckeri Rebel, 1909
* Bostra laristanalis Amsel, 1961
* Bostra lateritialis Guenée, 1854 (Africa)
* Bostra legalis Meyrick, 1933 (Congo)
* Bostra leucostigmalis Hampson, 1906 (Tanzania)
* Bostra lignealis Hampson, 1917 (Kenya)
* Bostra linogramma Meyrick, 1933 (Congo)
* Bostra loxotona Meyrick, 1933
* Bostra luteocostalis Amsel, 1950
* Bostra maculilinea Hampson, 1917 (Malawi)
* Bostra marginalis Rothschild, 1921
* Bostra mesoleucalis Hampson, 1912
* Bostra metaxanthialis Hampson, 1906
* Bostra minimalis Amsel, 1949
* Bostra mirifica Inoue, 1985
* Bostra nanalis Wileman, 1911 (temperate Asia)
* Bostra nephelorthra Meyrick, 1933
* Bostra noctuina Butler, 1875 (South Africa)
* Bostra obsoletalis (Mann, 1884) (temperate Asia)
* Bostra ochrigrammalis Hampson, 1906 (Nigeria)
* Bostra ochrigraphalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
* Bostra orthocopa Meyrick, 1937
* Bostra pallidicolor Hampson, 1917 (South Africa)
* Bostra pallidicosta Hampson, 1893
* Bostra pallidifrons Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
* Bostra perrubida Hampson, 1910 (Zambia)
* Bostra phoenicocraspis Hampson, 1917 (Cameroon)
* Bostra phoenicoxantha Hampson, 1917 (Cameroon)
* Bostra pseudoexcelsa Rougeot, 1984 (Ethiopia)
* Bostra pseudospaniella Amsel, 1951
* Bostra puncticostalis Hampson, 1898 (South Africa)
* Bostra purpurealis Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
* Bostra pygmaea Hampson, 1906 (Kenya)
* Bostra pyrochroa Hampson, 1916
* Bostra pyrochroalis Hampson, 1916 (Somalia)
* Bostra pyroxantha Hampson, 1906 (Zimbabwe)
* Bostra ragonotalis Viette, 1960
* Bostra rhodophaea Ghesquière, 1942
* Bostra rigidalis Snellen, 1900
* Bostra rufimarginalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
* Bostra ruptilinealis Warren, 1895
* Bostra rusinalis Hampson, 1917 (Africa)
* Bostra salmo Hampson, 1891
* Bostra sarcosia Hampson, 1912
* Bostra scotalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
* Bostra semnodoxa Meyrick, 1934
* Bostra sentalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
* Bostra shirazalis Amsel, 1961
* Bostra sogalis Viette, 1960
* Bostra spaniella Amsel, 1935
* Bostra subviridescens Warren, 1895
* Bostra suffusalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
* Bostra tenebralis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)
* Bostra thermialis Hampson, 1910 (Africa)
* Bostra tripartita Warren, 1897 (Africa)
* Bostra tristis (Butler, 1881) (Africa)
* Bostra tyriocausta Meyrick, 1933
* Bostra vetustalis Zeller, 1852 (Africa)
* Bostra whalleyalis Viette, 1960
* Bostra xanthorhodalis Hampson, 1906 (Africa)