Biology:Paramarane
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Paramarane Bethune-Baker, 1910
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| Species: | P. pulchra
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| Paramarane pulchra Bethune-Baker, 1910
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Paramarane is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its only species, Paramarane pulchra, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and species were described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1910.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 51 mm. The forewings are silvery white with a yellow costa and with an oblique waved yellow postmedial line with a finer dark brown central line. The hindwings are uniform golden yellow.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Paramarane pulchra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=58192.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Paramarane Bethune-Baker, 1910". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/eupterotidae/paramarane/. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- ↑ Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 6 (35): 450
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Wikidata ☰ Q13477303 entry
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