Biology:Gazalina

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Short description: Genus of moths

Gazalina
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Gazalina chrysolopha
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Gazalina

Walker, 1865
Type species
Gazalina venosata
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Oligoclona Felder, 1874
  • Ansonia Kiriakoff, 1967 (preocc.)

Gazalina is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.[1]

In Nepal, Gazalina moths are suspected to be involved in the etiology of the enigmatic eye disease seasonal hyperacute panuveitis.[2][3]

Species

  • Gazalina apsara (Moore, 1859) (India/China)
  • Gazalina chrysolopha (Kollar, [1844]) (Nepal/Bhutan)
  • Gazalina intermixta Swinhoe, 1900
  • Gazalina purificata Sugi, 1993 (Taiwan)
  • Gazalina transversa (Moore, 1879) (China/India)
  • Gazalina venosata Walker 1865

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Gazalina Walker, 1865". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/notodontidae/thaumetopoeinae/gazalina/. Retrieved August 4, 2019. 
  2. Bolakhe, Saugat (2023). "Are these moths blinding children? Nepalese researchers seek answers". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03414-7. PMID 37923949. 
  3. Upadhyay, Madan Prasad; Kharel Sitaula, Ranju; Manandhar, Anu; Gower, Emily W.; Karki, Pratap; Gurung, Haramaya; Maharjan, Indraman; Reuben, Sameul et al. (2021). "The Risk Factors of Seasonal Hyperacute Panuveitis". Ophthalmic Epidemiology 28 (3): 250–257. doi:10.1080/09286586.2020.1820533. PMID 32981405. 

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