Givira pulverosa is a moth in the family Cossidae described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Givira |
| Species: | G. pulverosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Givira pulverosa Hampson, 1898
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The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are brownish grey, the forewings with small rufous spots on the costal area, consisting of an antemedial series in the cell. There are also brown striae on the inner and terminal areas, as well as an obscure subterminal and terminal series of small spots. The hindwings are fuscous brown with a terminal series of spots.[2]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eugivira pulverosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (1898). "The Moths of the Lesser Antilles". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3): 260 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.