Ganisa floresiaca

Ganisa floresiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Ganisa
Species: G. floresiaca
Binomial name
Ganisa floresiaca
Nässig, 2009

Ganisa floresiaca is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Nässig in 2009.[1] It is found on Flores.

The wingspan is about 46 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pale greyish-brown, with a postmedian black line parallel to three to four crenulate lines in a semicircular curve to the costa. The hindwings are usually without a discal spot and the pattern is hardly visible.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from February to April.

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Nässig, W. ; N.N. Ignatyev & T.J. Witt, 2009: Two new species of the genus Ganisa WALKER, 1855 from Sulawesi and Flores, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). Entomofauna 30: 453-464. Full article:
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