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Chloronia banksiana
Chloronia banksiana is a species of dobsonfly found in Venezuela.
From the article Chloronia banksiana on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Chloronia banksiana is in the hieroglyphica group and is most similar to Chloronia bogotana. Chloronia banksiana is distinguished by having a rugose head and more distinctly marked forewings of intense yellow color. The length of the forewings are 32–33 mm (male) and 35–38 mm (female).
In human culture
The specific epithet "banksiana" is a tribute to Mr. Nathan Banks for his contributions to the study of Neuroptera (neuropterology).
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1094765.