Paramarane

<i>Paramarane</i>

Paramarane

Genus of moths

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Paramarane pulchra​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. [2]
    Savela, Markku. "Paramarane Bethune-Baker, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  3. [3]
    Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 6 (35): 450 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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