Schrankia pelicano

Schrankia pelicano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Schrankia
Species:	S. pelicano
Binomial name
	Schrankia pelicano; Pekarsky, 2012

Schrankia pelicano is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Oleg Pekarsky in 2012. It is found in Sichuan in south-western China.

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The ground color of the forewings is grey brown and the hindwings are ochreous grey.^[1]

Etymology

The species name refers to the resemblance of the opened male genitalia to a pelican.

References

^ Pekarsky, Oleg (2012). "A new species of Schrankia Hübner, 1825 from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae)". ZooKeys (242): 43–50. Bibcode:2012ZooK..242...43P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.242.3856. PMC 3561679. PMID 23378796. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] Pekarsky, Oleg (2012). "A new species of Schrankia Hübner, 1825 from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae)". ZooKeys (242): 43–50. Bibcode:2012ZooK..242...43P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.242.3856. PMC 3561679. PMID 23378796. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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