''Triuncina cervina'' 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 Bombycidae described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in northern

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and

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. The

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is 27–31 mm. The ground colour is leathery yellow with brown or grey markings. The hindwings are yellow brown with brown lines.Dierl, Wolfgang (December 1978)
"Revision der orientalischen Bombycidae (Lepidoptera)"
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''. 1 (3): 248.

References

Bombycidae Moths described in 1958 {{Bombycidae-stub