Ganisa Floresiaca
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''Ganisa floresiaca'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Eupterotidae Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera with more than 300 described species. Diversity The family consists of four subfamilies and the unplaced ''Ganissa group''. The subfamily Eupterotinae consists of about 11 genera, the ...
. It was described by Wolfgang A. Nässig in 2009. It is found on
Flores Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Including the Komodo Islands off its west coast (but excluding the Solor Archipelago to the east of Flores), the land area is 15,530.58 km2, and th ...
in Indonesia.Nässig, W.; Ignatyev, N. N. & Witt, T. J. (2009)
"Two new species of the genus ''Ganisa'' Walker, 1855 from Sulawesi and Flores, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae)"
''Entomofauna''. 30: 453-464.
Adults have been recorded on wing from February to April.


References

Moths described in 2009 Eupterotinae {{Bombycoidea-stub