Gonojana crowleyi

Gonojana crowleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Gonojana
Species:	G. crowleyi
Binomial name
	Gonojana crowleyi; (Aurivillius, 1904)
Synonyms
	Viana crowleyiAurivillius, 1904;

Last updated December 20, 2020

Gonojana crowleyi is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1904.^[1] It is found in Kenya, Sierra Leone and Uganda.^[2]

The wingspan about 45 mm. The forewings are dark reddish brown with a fuscous mark on the discocellulars and a nearly straight transverse line behind the middle from the costa near the apex to the hind margin near the anal angle. The hindwings are ochreous yellow, tinged with brown at the inner margin and behind the middle with a faintly curved brownish transverse line.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Vianga crowleyi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018. Note: This source appears to misspell the generic name. The correct spelling is confirmed in the original description linked below.
↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Gonojana crowleyi (Aurivillius, 1904)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
↑ Aurivillius, Christoper (December 23, 1904). "New species of African Striphnopterygidae, Notodontidae, and Chrysopolomidae in the British Museum". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1904 (4): 699 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Vianga crowleyi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018. Note: This source appears to misspell the generic name. The correct spelling is confirmed in the original description linked below.

[2] De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Gonojana crowleyi (Aurivillius, 1904)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.

[3] Aurivillius, Christoper (December 23, 1904). "New species of African Striphnopterygidae, Notodontidae, and Chrysopolomidae in the British Museum". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1904 (4): 699 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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