Gandhara vietnamica

Gandhara vietnamica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2012. It is found in Vietnam and possibly Thailand.

Gandhara vietnamica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Gandhara
Species:
G. vietnamica
Binomial name
Gandhara vietnamica
Dubatolov, 2012[1]

The length of the forewings is about 14 mm. The ground colour is greyish brown, although the costal margin is yellow from the base to 13 from the apex. The hindwings are unicolorous light yellow.[2]

References

  1. Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.
  2. Dubatolov, V. V. (2012). "New genus, species and faunistic records of lichen-moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) from Vietnam" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 11 (6): 507–512, 506, III.


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