Gnathocinara is a monotypic moth genus of the family Bombycidae erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978. It contains only one species, Gnathocinara situla, described by van Eecke in 1929, which is found on Sumatra in Indonesia.

Gnathocinara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Gnathocinara
Dierl, 1978
Species:
G. situla
Binomial name
Gnathocinara situla
(van Eecke, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Ocinara situla van Eecke, 1929

The wingspan is 30–43 mm.[1]

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