Garudinia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Cisthenina
Genus: Garudinia
Species: G. acornuta – G. bimaculata – G. biplagiata – G. coniuncta – G. conjuncta – G. latana – G. macrolatana – G. pseudolatana – G. pseudosimulana – G. simulana – G. successana – G. trangulata – G. truncata
Name

Garudinia Moore, 1882

Type species: Tospitis latana Walker, 1863
References

Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 59.
Černý, K. 1995. A contribution to the knowledge of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines. Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Supplement 14: 149-174. Reference page.
Singh Kirti, J. & N. Singh Gill, 2009: Two new species of Garudinia Moore (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 12: 9–13.

Garudinia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882.
Description

Palpi upturned, slender and not reaching the vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated. Forewing narrow with arched costa. Veins 3 and 4 stalked, vein 5 absent, vein 6 from angle of cell. Veins 7 and 8 stalked and vein 10 absent. Male with a patch of modified scales in the cell. Hindwings of male excised at apex, with vein 6 absent. Female with stalked veins 3 and 4, vein 5 from above angle of cell, stalked veins 6 and 7 and vein 8 from middle of cell. Forewings of male with a large costal fold and female with small of it.[2]
Species

Garudinia acornuta
Garudinia bimaculata
Garudinia biplagiata
Garudinia conjuncta Kirti & Gill, 2008
Garudinia latana
Garudinia macrolatana
Garudinia pseudolatana
Garudinia pseudosimulana Kirti & Gill, 2008
Garudinia simulana
Garudinia successana
Garudinia triangulata
Garudinia truncata

References

Citations

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Garudinia Moore, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2019.

Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Sources

Kirti, J.S. & Gill, N.S. (2008). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
Moore (1882). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon 2(1): 59.