| Endoclita makundae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Endoclita |
| Species: | E. makundae |
| Binomial name | |
| Endoclita makundae Grehan, Mielke & Kunte 2022 | |
Endoclita makundae is a species of ghost moth (Hepialidae) described from Assam, India in 2022. It has a wingspan of approximately 75 mm (3.0 in). The habitat consists of evergreen and semi-evergreen forest on low relief topography. It was named for the Makunda Christian Leprosy and General Hospital. A noun in the genitive singular meaning "of Makunda".
References
- ^ Grehan, John R.; Mielke, Carlos G.C.; Basu, Dipendra Nath; Pawar, Ujwala; Ismavel, Vijay Anand; Rawlins, John E.; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2022). "A new species of Endoclita C. & R. Felder, 1874 ghost moth from Karimganj District of Assam, India, with comments on the genus in northeastern India, and clarification of E. signifer (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)". Zoonova (16): 1–13. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6026502.
- "Endoclita makundae Grehan, C. Mielke & Kunte, 2022". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Endoclita makundae | |
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