Pseudoganisa currani

Pseudoganisa currani is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Schultze in 1910.[1] It is found on Mindanao in the Philippines.[2]

Pseudoganisa currani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Pseudoganisa
Species:
P. currani
Binomial name
Pseudoganisa currani
Schultze, 1910

The length of the forewings is 28 mm. The wings are tawny, the forewings with a dark brown spot at the end of the cell and a straight oblique postmedial line and two brownish submarginal patches veins two and four. The basal half of the hindwings is hairy, with the postmedial line slightly curved outward.

Etymology

The species is named for Mr. H. M. Curran.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pseudoganisa currani". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Pseudoganisa currani Schultze, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  3. Philippine Journal of Science (D) 5: 162


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