Aurana
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Aurana is a genus of snout moths
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...

. It was described by Walker, in 1863, and is known from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Species

  • Aurana actiosella
    Aurana actiosella
    Aurana actiosella is a species of snout moth in the genus Aurana. It was described by Walker in 1863. It is found in Australia....

    Walker, 1863
  • Aurana vinaceella
    Aurana vinaceella
    Aurana vinaceella is a species of snout moth in the genus Aurana. It was described by Inoue, in 1963, and is known from Japan....

    (Inoue, 1963)
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