Gracilanja

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Gracilanja
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Subfamily: Janinae
Genus: Gracilanja
Bouyer, 2011
Species:
G. gracilis
Binomial name
Gracilanja gracilis
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Gracilanja polymorphaAurivillius, 1893
  • Jana gracilisWalker, 1855
  • Jana polymorphaAurivillius, 1893
  • Jana gracilis f. griseaBerio, 1937
  • Jana gracilis f. roseaBerio, 1937

Gracilanja is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae erected by Thierry Bouyer in 2011. [1] Its single species, Gracilanja gracilis, was described by Francis Walker in 1855. [2] It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Uganda. [3]

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 (terracotta color) undulating band between the outer brown band and the exterior border. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Bouyer, T. (2011). "Démembrement et réorganisation des genres Jana Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 et Hoplojana Aurivillius, 1901 (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae)". Lambillionea. 111 (3) Tomé 1: 211-218.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Jana gracilis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Gracilanja gracilis (Walker, 1855)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ Walker, F. (1855). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Lepidoptera Heterocera; p. 913. via – Biodiversity Heritage Library PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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