綜合描述
大斑苔蛾(Garudinia bimaculata)是燈蛾科(Arctiidae)苔蛾亞科(Lithosiinae)斑苔蛾族(Cisthenini)的成員。本種的前翅為淡黃色,靠外側有一條寬黑帶自前緣延伸至後緣,後緣靠基部處有一大塊半圓形黑斑;後翅為灰色,無其他翅紋。斑苔蛾屬(Garudinia)自東方區的熱帶一直分布至菲律賓與蘇拉維西,在台灣僅紀錄一種。
A Brief Introduction:
Garudinia bimaculata represents the only species of Garudinia in Taiwan and shares no similar characters of wing pattern with other members of Lithosiinae. The population of Garudinia in Taiwan was originally identified as G. simulana (Inoue & Kishida, 1992) until Holloway's study in 2001.
Garudinia bimaculata represents the only species of Garudinia in Taiwan and shares no similar characters of wing pattern with other members of Lithosiinae. The population of Garudinia in Taiwan was originally identified as G. simulana (Inoue & Kishida, 1992) until Holloway's study in 2001.