Gandhara vietnamica

Gandhara vietnamica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Gandhara
Species: G. vietnamica
Binomial name
Gandhara vietnamica
Dubatolov, 2012[1]

Gandhara vietnamica is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Vietnam and possibly Thailand.

The length of the forewings is about 14 mm. The ground colour is greyish brown, although the costal margin is yellow from the base to 1/3 from the apex. The hindwings are unicolorous light yellow.[2]

References

  1. Dubatolov, V. V. & V. V. Zolotuhin. (2011). Does Eilema Hübner, (1819) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera? Euroasian Entomological Journal 10(3) 367-79, 380, col. plate VII.
  2. Dubatolov, V.V. 2012: New genus, species and faunistic records of lichen-moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from Vietnam. Evraziatskii entomologicheskii zhurnal, 11(6): 507-512, colour plate III.
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