Gaurena gemella
| Gaurena gemella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Gaurena |
| Species: | G. gemella
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| Binomial name | |
| Gaurena gemella Leech, 1900
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Gaurena gemella is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[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
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gaurena gemella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 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.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Volume 48
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