Relluna nurella is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus Relluna. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, as well as on Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Palawan.
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| Genus: | Relluna Schoorl, 1990
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| Species: | R. nurella
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| Relluna nurella (Swinhoe, 1894)
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The forewings and hindwings are uniform brownish fawn, except for a pale yellow area along the dorsum of the forewings.[1]
Subspecies
edit- Relluna nurella nurella
- Relluna nurella wallacei Yakovlev, 2008 (Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra)
Etymology
editThe genus name is an anagram of the species-name nurella.[2]
References
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- ^ The Moths of Borneo
- ^ Schoorl, J.W. 1990: A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 263: 1-295. PDF
- Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Cossidae of Thailand. Part 1. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta 35 (3-4): 335-351.
- Yakovlev, R.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera:Cossidae) of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 11-32.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog