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Relluna nurella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cossidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Relluna Schoorl, 1990

Rank
  
Species

Relluna nurella is a moth in the Cossidae family, 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.

Contents

The forewings and hindwings are uniform brownish fawn, except for a pale yellow area along the dorsum of the forewings.

Subspecies

  • Relluna nurella nurella
  • Relluna nurella wallacei Yakovlev, 2008 (Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra)
  • Etymology

    The genus name is an anagram of the species-name nurella.

    References

    Relluna nurella Wikipedia