Gracilanja gracilis

Gracilanja gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Gracilanja
Species: G. gracilis
Binomial name
Gracilanja gracilis
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Gracilanja polymorpha Aurivillius, 1893
  • Jana gracilis Walker, 1855
  • Jana polymorpha Aurivillius, 1893
  • Jana gracilis f. grisea Berio, 1937
  • Jana gracilis f. rosea Berio, 1937

Gracilanja gracilis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Uganda.[2]

Adults are pale fawn, the wings partly clouded with pale brown and with two oblique very slender nearly straight brown bands, which are most distinct on the forewings. The hindwings have a testaceous (terra cotta color) undulating band between the outer brown band and the exterior border.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Gracilanja gracilis (Walker, 1855)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ Walker, F. 1855b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV.– Lepidoptera Heterocera; p. 913


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