Drepanojana fasciata
| Drepanojana fasciata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Genus: | Drepanojana |
| Species: | D. fasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Drepanojana fasciata is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.[1] It is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.[2]
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are uniform dark umber brown, the forewings, at the costa near the apex in the areas seven and eight, with a creamy spot and with a similar small submarginal dot in the sixth area.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drepanojana fasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ↑ Aurivillius, C. 1915. New species of African Lasiocampidae and Strichnopterygidae from English collections. - Arkiv för Zoologi 9(11): p. 9
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