Aurana

Aurana
Aurana actiosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Subfamily:	Phycitinae
Tribe:	Phycitini
Genus:	Aurana Walker, 1863 [1]
Type species
Aurana actiosella Walker, 1863 [2]
Synonyms
LongiculcitaRoesler, 1975

Aurana is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from Japan ^[3] and Australia.

Taxonomy

Some authors list the genus as a synonym of Pempelia .

Species

• Aurana actiosella Walker, 1863
• Aurana vinaceella (Inoue, 1963)

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Aurana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 28 November 2012.
2. Aurana at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
3. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 20, 2017.

External links

• Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p.  122 . Retrieved 28 November 2012.
• Savela, Markku. "Pempelia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 20, 2017.