Apona mandarina

Apona mandarina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Apona
Species: A. mandarina
Binomial name
Apona mandarina
(Leech, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Jana mandarina Leech, 1898
  • Palirisa mandarina Leech, 1898

Apona mandarina is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Leech in 1898.[1] It is found in central and western China.

Adults vary in ground colour from ashy-grey to fawn colour or dark chestnut.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Palirisa mandarina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1898


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