Garudinia latana

Garudinia latana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Garudinia
Species:	G. latana
Binomial name
	Garudinia latana; (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
	Tospitis latana Walker, 1863;

Garudinia latana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

The wingspan of the male is 16 mm and 19 mm in the female. In the male, the head and thorax are white, whereas the abdomen is yellowish white. Forewings 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. As in most Lepidoptera, the female is larger than the male.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Garudinia latana (Walker, 1863)". 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.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Garudinia latana (Walker, 1863)". 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.