Garudinia latana

Garudinia latana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Garudinia
Species: G. latana
Binomial name
Garudinia latana
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Tospitis latana Walker, 1863

Garudinia latana is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Wingspan of male is 16mm and 19mm in female. In male, head and thorax white, whereas abdomen yellowish white. Fore wings white with a purplish brown sub-basal blotch from the sub-costal nervure to inner margin. A broad sub-marginal band found at costa, where the apex suffused with fuscous. Female is larger than male.[2]

References

  1. Garudinia at funet
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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