''Gunda'' is a genus of

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 of the family

Bombycidae The Bombycidae are a family of moths known as silkworm moths. The best-known species is ''Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus), or domestic silk moth, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is '' Bombyx mandarina' ...

(silk moths). The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1862. It is primarily an Oriental genus, found in India, China and South-east Asia.

Species

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Gunda aroa ''Gunda aroa'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904 . It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wi ...

'' Bethune-Baker, 1904 *''

Gunda engonata ''Gunda engonata'' is a species of moth from the Bombycidae family. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1899. It is found in India. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Ficus'' species. References External links ''Clenora engonata''at ...

'' (Swinhoe, 1899) *''

Gunda javanica ''Gunda javanica'' is a moth of the family Bombycidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1872. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of t ...

'' (Moore, 1872) *''

Gunda ochracea ''Gunda ochracea'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in the Indian subregion and from South-east Asia to Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines The Philippines, officially ...

'' Walker, 1862 *''

Gunda proxima ''Gunda proxima'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Roepke in 1924. It is found in Asia, including Indonesia and Vietnam. The wingspan is 45–50 mm for females and 32–34 mm for males. The larvae ha ...

'' Roepke, 1924 *''

Gunda subnotata ''Gunda subnotata'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Singapore and on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and Palawan Palawan (, ), officially the Province of Palawan ...

'' (Walker, 1859) *''

Gunda thwaitesii ''Gunda thwaitesii'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1883 and is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylo ...

'' (Moore, 1883)

References

Bombycidae Bombycoidea genera Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Bombycidae-stub hu:Gunda