''Gunda javanica'' 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 ...

of the family

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first described by Frederic Moore in 1872. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the

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, Sundaland,

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and Sulawesi. The habitat consists of lowland rainforest.

External links

"''Gunda javanica'' Moore"
''The Moths of Borneo''. Retrieved November 6, 2018. Bombycidae {{Bombycidae-stub