Gaurena florens
| Gaurena florens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Gaurena |
| Species: | G. florens |
| Binomial name | |
| Gaurena florens Walker, 1865 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gaurena florens is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in Nepal, India (Darjeeling, Sikkim), Myanmar, China (Gansu, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet), Bhutan, Vietnam and Thailand.[2]
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are olive brown suffused with yellow, the markings pale yellow arid white. There is a spot near the base and a subbasal waved band, as well as a spot in the cell and a larger spot at the end of it. There is also a postmedial patch on the costa, another at the apex and one at the outer angle. There is also a submarginal and marginal series of lunulate spots and the costa and veins 1 and 2 are spotted with yellow.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gaurena florens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ↑ Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1.
- ↑ The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma
Further reading
- Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1886). Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 31&ndash, 32 and Plate CIX (illustration 4) – via Internet Archive (Biodiversity Heritage Library).
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