Drepanojana

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Drepanojana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Subfamily: Janinae
Genus: Drepanojana
Aurivillius, 1893
Species:
D. fasciata
Binomial name
Drepanojana fasciata
Aurivillius, 1893
Synonyms
  • Drepanojana apicalisAurivillius, 1915
  • Melanothris maeoniaDruce, 1896

Drepanojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. [1] Its single species, Drepanojana fasciata, is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. [2] Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893. [3]

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. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drepanojana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Aurivillius, C. (1915). "New species of African Lasiocampidae and Strichnopterygidae from English collections". Arkiv för Zoologi. 9 (11): 9. via – Biodiversity Heritage Library PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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