Gaurena argentisparsa

Gaurena argentisparsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Gaurena
Species: G. argentisparsa
Binomial name
Gaurena argentisparsa
Hampson, 1896
Synonyms
  • Gaurena argentisparsa eberti Werny, 1966

Gaurena argentisparsa is a moth in the Drepanidae family.[1] It is found in Bhutan, Nepal, India (Sikkim) and China (Tibet).[2]

The wingspan is about 36 mm. The forewings are grey, irrorated with black and with a black-edged white spot at the base below the median nervure and a white antemedial band edged by irregularly-waved black lines. There is a small black-edged white orbicular and large round reniform stigma, with a black-edged white band from it to the inner margin, its inner edge dentate. There is also a waved postmedial line with a diffused white band beyond it forking to the apex, as well as some submarginal white specks and an irregular patch at the anal angle and a marginal series of white lunules. The hindwings are fuscous, with traces of postmedial and submarginal lines towards the inner margin.[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 Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma
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