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Pseudoganisa currani

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Pseudoganisa currani
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P. currani
Binomial name
Pseudoganisa currani
Schultze, 1910

Pseudoganisa currani is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Schultze in 1910.[1] It is found on Mindanao in the Philippines.[2]

The length of the forewings is 28 mm. The wings are tawny, the forewings with a dark brown spot at the end of the cell and a straight oblique postmedial line and two brownish submarginal patches veins two and four. The basal half of the hindwings is hairy, with the postmedial line slightly curved outward.

Etymology

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The species is named for Mr. H. M. Curran.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pseudoganisa currani​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Pseudoganisa currani Schultze, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Philippine Journal of Science (D) 5: 162 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.