Paragnorima fuscescens

Paragnorima fuscescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Paragnorima
Species:	P. fuscescens
Binomial name
	Paragnorima fuscescens; (Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
	Gaurena fuscescens Hampson, 1893; Palimpsestis brunnea Leech, 1900; Haplothyatira unipunctata Houlbert, 1921; Haplothyatira unipunctata dubitatrix Bryk, 1943;

Paragnorima fuscescens is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893.^[1] It is found in India, Nepal, China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet), Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar.^[2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are dull brown suffused with fuscous and with traces of numerous waved dark lines. There is a pale speck below the median nervure near the base and an indistinct dark spot on the discocellulars, as well as a pale patch at the apex. The hindwings are pale fuscous with an indistinct paler band just beyond the middle.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Paragnorima fuscescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
^ 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.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 182 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Paragnorima fuscescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 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] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 182 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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