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Gaurena aurofasciata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Gaurena
Species:	G. aurofasciata
Binomial name
Gaurena aurofasciata Hampson, 1892
Synonyms
Gaurena aurofasciata bryki Werny, 1966

Gaurena aurofasciata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It is found in Myanmar, Sikkim in India and Yunnan in China.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are similar to Gaurena florens, but the head and thorax are olive, the subbasal band of the forewings is broader, there is no white spot at the middle of the cell and the spot at the end of the cell is oblong and golden. There is also a complete postmedial band between the patches on the costa and outer angle and the submarginal marginal lunules are absent, except for two above the outer angle.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Gaurena aurofasciata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
2. 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. PMID 25947492.
3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 181 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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