Gogana specularis

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Gogana specularis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Gogana
Species:
G. specularis
Binomial name
Gogana specularis
Walker, 1866

Gogana specularis is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. [1] It is found on Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. [2]

Adults are purplish cinereous (ash grey), the wings with a very few indistinct darker lines. There is a slightly curved submarginal line of whitish points and a dark brown marginal line. The forewings have a short exterior band, consisting of five connected brown-bordered nearly hyaline (glass-like) spots. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gogana specularis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 25, 2018. Note: This source reports 1865 as the year of description.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Gogana specularis Walker, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 34: 1220


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