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Giaura punctata

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 4, 2025
Entity authorityQ13495029 ↗
Source-derived summary

Giaura punctata is a moth in the family Nolidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1890. It is found on the Bismarck Islands and on New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland).

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

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The public source identifies “Giaura punctata” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Giaura, punctata and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1890—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Giaura, punctata and species providing the first useful test.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 4, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q13495029. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1890.

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This entry incorporates text from “Giaura punctata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.