Cotana joiceyi

Cotana joiceyi
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Cotana
Species:	C. joiceyi
Binomial name
	Cotana joiceyi; Rothschild, 1917

Last updated January 29, 2023

Cotana joiceyi is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1917.^[1] It is found in New Guinea.^[2]

The wingspan is about 48 mm for males and 60 mm for females. Males are similar to Cotana unistrigata , but the basal half of the forewings has a buffish-cream colour, and the outer half is buffish grey. Furthermore, the median band is more oblique and brown (not black) and there is no stigma. Females differ from C. unistrigata in being smaller and the white patch and postdiscal bands are much larger and pure white. Furthermore, the nervures and margins are deep bright yellow and the thorax and costal area are rufous orange.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana joiceyi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
↑ Zolotuhin, Vadim (October 22, 2012). "The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.
↑ Rothschild, Lord (1917). "On the Genera Melanothrix, Drepanojana, Melanergon, Paracydas, Cotana, Hypercydas, Epicydas, and Nervicompressa of the Family Eupterotidae with Descriptions of New Forms". Novitates Zoologicae. 24: 463–492. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.23154 – via BioStor. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana joiceyi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[2] Zolotuhin, Vadim (October 22, 2012). "The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.

[3] Rothschild, Lord (1917). "On the Genera Melanothrix, Drepanojana, Melanergon, Paracydas, Cotana, Hypercydas, Epicydas, and Nervicompressa of the Family Eupterotidae with Descriptions of New Forms". Novitates Zoologicae. 24: 463–492. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.23154 – via BioStor. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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