Relluna
Species of moth
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Relluna nurella is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus Relluna. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, as well as on Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Palawan.
| Relluna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeuzerinae |
| Genus: | Relluna Schoorl, 1990 |
| Species: | R. nurella |
| Binomial name | |
| Relluna nurella (Swinhoe, 1894) | |
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The forewings and hindwings are uniform brownish fawn, except for a pale yellow area along the dorsum of the forewings.[1]
Subspecies
- Relluna nurella nurella
- Relluna nurella wallacei Yakovlev, 2008 (Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra)
Etymology
The genus name is an anagram of the species-name nurella.[2]
