Biology:Carmara

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Short description: Genus of moths

Carmara
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Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Genus:
Carmara

Walker, [1863]
Species:
C. subcervina
Binomial name
Carmara subcervina
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Gyrognatha Hampson, 1893
  • Zagira Walker, 1866

Specific

  • Zagira acidaliaria Walker, 1866
  • Gyrognatha atriceps Hampson, 1893

Carmara is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Carmara subcervina, is found in Sri Lanka,[1] Japan , Taiwan, Borneo and Australia . Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1864.[2]

Its forewings are brownish with a pale broken zigzag submarginal line. There is a pale mark on the hindmargin of hindwings.[3]

Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives Carmara as a synonym of Nechesia Walker, 1862.Savela, Markku, ed (August 30, 2019). "Nechesia Walker, 1862". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/boletobiinae/nechesia/. Retrieved September 22, 2020. 

References

  1. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara) (79): 1–57. https://www.academia.edu/1782757. Retrieved 29 June 2018. 
  2. "Species Details: Carmara subcervina Walker, 1864". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/379f7306d32e19011cdddcb369868e38. Retrieved 29 June 2018. 
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (10 April 2015). "Carmara subcervina (Walker, 1863)". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/subcervina.html. Retrieved 4 October 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1358613 entry