Gogana kerara

Gogana kerara is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Swinhoe in 1902.[1] It is found on Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]

Gogana kerara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Gogana
Species:
G. kerara
Binomial name
Gogana kerara
(Swinhoe, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Phalacra kerara Swinhoe, 1902

The ground colour is uniform ochreous grey, the wings with a minute blackish dot at the end of each cell, the forewings with a rather broad brownish median band, a discal line of blackish lunules. The space to the outer margin is brownish, containing a pale sinuous submarginal line. The hindwings have a faintly indicated discal line of blackish lunules. The space beyond is brown with a subterminal pale sinuous line as on the forewings.[3]

The larvae feed on Daemonorops grandis and Orania silvicola.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gogana kerara". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Gogana kerara (Swinhoe, 1902)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1902 (3): 592Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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