Cotana splendida

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Cotana splendida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Cotana
Species:
C. splendida
Binomial name
Cotana splendida
Rothschild, 1932

Cotana splendida is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1932. [1] It is found in New Guinea. [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Eupterotidae family of insects

Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera with more than 300 described species.

Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild British politician

Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild,, was a British banker, politician, zoologist and scion of the Rothschild family. As a prominent Zionist leader, he was presented with the famous Balfour Declaration which pledged to a Jewish national home in Palestine. Rothschild was the President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1925 to 1926.

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana splendida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia


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