Gogana specularis

Gogana specularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Gogana
Species:	G. specularis
Binomial name
	Gogana specularis; Walker, 1866

Gogana specularis is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866.[1] It is found on Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]

Adults are purplish cinereous (ash grey), the wings with a very few indistinct darker lines. There is a slightly curved submarginal line of whitish points and a dark brown marginal line. The forewings have a short exterior band, consisting of five connected brown-bordered nearly hyaline (glass-like) spots.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gogana specularis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018. Note: This source reports 1865 as the year of description.
Savela, Markku. "Gogana specularis Walker, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 34: 1220

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gogana specularis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018. Note: This source reports 1865 as the year of description.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Gogana specularis Walker, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2018.

[3] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 34: 1220