''Relluna nurella'' is a

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in the family

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, and the only species in the genus ''Relluna''. It is found in the north-eastern

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. The forewings and hindwings are uniform brownish fawn, except for a pale yellow area along the dorsum of the forewings.

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''. 1990: A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'', 263: 1-295
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References

* , 2004: Cossidae of Thailand. Part 1. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). ''Atalanta'' 35 (3-4): 335-351. * , 2009: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera:Cossidae) of Vietnam. ''Entomofauna'' Supplement 16: 11-32.
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