Galactica inornata

Galactica inornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Galacticidae
Genus:	Galactica
Species:	G. inornata
Binomial name
	Galactica inornata; (Walsingham, 1900)
Synonyms
	Mieza inornata Walsingham, 1900;

Galactica inornata is a moth in the family Galacticidae. It was first described by Walsingham in 1900.[1] It is found in Yemen (Socotra).[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dull greyish white, the veins and cell narrowly marked out by lines of brownish grey, the costa and the dorsum beneath the fold slightly suffused with the same. The hindwings are dirty whitish cinereous.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Galactica inornata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
Afro Moths
Forbes, H. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums, 1897

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Galactica inornata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Forbes, H. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums, 1897