Gaurena florens

Gaurena florens is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in Nepal, India (Darjeeling, Sikkim), Myanmar, China (Gansu, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet), Bhutan, Vietnam and Thailand.[2]

Gaurena florens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Gaurena
Species:	G. florens
Binomial name
Gaurena florens Walker, 1865
Synonyms
Gaurena florens oliva Werny, 1966 Gaurena florens obscura Werny, 1966 Gaurena florens yuennanensis Werny, 1966

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are olive brown suffused with yellow, the markings pale yellow arid white. There is a spot near the base and a subbasal waved band, as well as a spot in the cell and a larger spot at the end of it. There is also a postmedial patch on the costa, another at the apex and one at the outer angle. There is also a submarginal and marginal series of lunulate spots and the costa and veins 1 and 2 are spotted with yellow.[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gaurena florens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
2. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 181 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Further reading

• Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1886). Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 31–32 and Plate CIX (illustration 4) – via Internet Archive (Biodiversity Heritage Library).