Garudinia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882.

Garudinia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Cisthenina
Genus: Garudinia
Moore, 1882[1]

Description

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Palpi upturned, slender and not reaching the vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated. Forewing narrow with arched costa. Veins 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 absent, vein 6 from angle of cell. Veins 7 and 8 stalked and vein 10 absent. Male with a patch of modified scales in the cell. Hindwings of male excised at apex, with vein 6 absent. Female with stalked veins 3 and 4, vein 5 from above angle of cell, stalked veins 6 and 7 and vein 8 from middle of cell. Forewings of male with a large costal fold and female with small of it.[2]

Species

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References

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Citations
  1. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Garudinia Moore, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Sources
  • Kirti, J.S. & Gill, N.S. (2008). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
  • Moore (1882). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon 2(1): 59.