Boursinia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was described by Wilhelm Brandt in 1938,Brandt, (1938) Beitrag zur Lepidopteren-fauna von Iran. Neue gattungen arten und formen (Macrolepidoptera) Entomologische Rundschau 55: 518 and the genus name honours Charles Boursin, who worked extensively on the family Noctuidae.
Species Boursinia candida (Boursin, 1964) Pakistan Boursinia deceptrix (Staudinger, 1900) Syria, Jordan, Arabia, Egypt Boursinia ferdovsi (Brandt, 1941) Iran, United Arab Emirates Boursinia malitiosa (Alphéraky, 1892) Kazakhstan Boursinia merideremica Hacker, 2004 Namibia Boursinia oxygramma Brandt, 1938 Iran Boursinia symmicta Brandt, 1938 Iran
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