Garudinia

Garudinia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Cisthenina
Genus:	Garudinia; Moore, 1882

Garudinia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882.

Description

Palpi upturned, slender and not reaching the vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated. Forewing narrow with arched costa. Veins 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 absent, vein 6 from angle of cell. Veins 7 and 8 stalked and vein 10 absent. Male with a patch of modified scales in the cell. Hindwings of male excised at apex, with vein 6 absent. Female with stalked veins 3 and 4, vein 5 from above angle of cell, stalked veins 6 and 7 and vein 8 from middle of cell. Forewings of male with a large costal fold and female with small of it.^[2]

Species

Garudinia acornuta
Garudinia bimaculata
Garudinia biplagiata
Garudinia conjuncta Kirti & Gill, 2008
Garudinia latana
Garudinia macrolatana
Garudinia pseudolatana
Garudinia pseudosimulana Kirti & Gill, 2008
Garudinia simulana
Garudinia successana
Garudinia triangulata
Garudinia truncata

References

Citations

^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Garudinia Moore, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Sources

Kirti, J.S. & Gill, N.S. (2008). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
Moore (1882). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon 2(1): 59.

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[1] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Garudinia Moore, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2019.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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