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Gaurena gemella

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Species of false owlet moth

Gaurena gemella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Gaurena
Species: G. gemella
Binomial name
Gaurena gemella
Leech, 1900

Gaurena gemella is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It is found in China (Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet) and Nepal.

Adults are similar to Gaurena florescens, but the colour of the forewings is chocolate brown and the markings are white and the spots in the cell are round and of nearly equal size. The hindwings are fuscous-grey.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Gaurena gemella​". 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. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Volume 48 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Gaurena gemella


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