Givira pardana

Givira pardana is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in São Paulo, Brazil.[1]

Givira pardana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Givira
Species:
G. pardana
Binomial name
Givira pardana
(Schaus, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Eugivira pardana Schaus, 1901

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are light brown with a basal, inner, outer and subterminal row of round, dark brown spots, edged with whitish. There are traces of darker, transverse, irregular and broken lines on the hindwings.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eugivira pardana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  2. Schaus, William (June 1901). "New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. II". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9 (2): 73–77. JSTOR 25002931.
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