Schrankia pelicano is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Oleg Pekarsky in 2012. It is found in Sichuan in south-western China.

Schrankia pelicano
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Schrankia
Species:
S. pelicano
Binomial name
Schrankia pelicano
Pekarsky, 2012

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The ground color of the forewings is grey brown and the hindwings are ochreous grey.[1]

Etymology

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The species name refers to the resemblance of the opened male genitalia to a pelican.

References

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  1. ^ Pekarsky, Oleg (2012). "A new species of Schrankia Hübner, 1825 from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae)". ZooKeys (242): 43–50. Bibcode:2012ZooK..242...43P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.242.3856. PMC 3561679. PMID 23378796.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.