''Garudinia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the subfamily

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

first described by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

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.

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 ;Sources * Kirti, J.S. & Gill, N.S. (2008). ''Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology'' * Moore (1882). ''The Lepidoptera of Ceylon'' 2(1): 59. Cisthenina Noctuoidea genera {{Cisthenina-stub