Giaura tetragramma

Giaura tetragramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Chloephorinae
Genus: Giaura
Species: G. tetragramma
Binomial name
Giaura tetragramma
(Hampson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Barasa tetragramma Hampson, 1905
  • Giaura obalauae Bethune-Baker, 1927

Giaura tetragramma is a moth in the Nolidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1905.[1] It is found on Fiji.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale ashen grey, with a darker brown base and with a narrow darker external line. This is followed by a broad pale area, which is widest in the inner marginal area. Here, a very broad, slightly darker postmedian area reaches all across the wing. This area is bounded externally by a white line. There is a dark subterminal line. The hindwings are pale grey, with much very fine brownish irroration.[3]

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