Gaurena gemella

Gaurena gemella
Scientific classification
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 Drepanidae family.[1] It is found in China (Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet) and Nepal.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Jiang, N., Yang, C., Xue, D-Y. & Han, H-X. 2015: An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species. zootaxa 2015 3941.
  3. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Volume 48