Gazalina
| Gazalina | |
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| Gazalina chrysolopha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Thaumetopoeinae |
| Genus: | Gazalina Walker, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Gazalina venosata Walker, 1865
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Gazalina is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.[1]
In Nepal, Gazalina moths are suspected to be involved in the etiology of the enigmatic eye disease seasonal hyperacute panuveitis.[2][3]
Species
[edit]- Gazalina apsara (Moore, 1859) (India/China)
- Gazalina chrysolopha (Kollar, [1844]) (Nepal/Bhutan)
- Gazalina intermixta Swinhoe, 1900
- Gazalina purificata Sugi, 1993 (Taiwan)
- Gazalina transversa (Moore, 1879) (China/India)
- Gazalina venosata Walker 1865
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gazalina.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Gazalina Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- ^ Bolakhe, Saugat (2023). "Are these moths blinding children? Nepalese researchers seek answers". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03414-7. PMID 37923949. S2CID 265012955.
- ^ Upadhyay, Madan Prasad; Kharel Sitaula, Ranju; Manandhar, Anu; Gower, Emily W.; Karki, Pratap; Gurung, Haramaya; Maharjan, Indraman; Reuben, Sameul; Karmacharya, Biraj Man; Joshi, Sagun Narayan (2021). "The Risk Factors of Seasonal Hyperacute Panuveitis". Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 28 (3): 250–257. doi:10.1080/09286586.2020.1820533. PMID 32981405. S2CID 222167311.
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