Jana aurivilliusi

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Jana aurivilliusi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Jana
Species:
J. aurivilliusi
Binomial name
Jana aurivilliusi
Rothschild, 1917

Jana aurivilliusi is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1917. [1] It is found in Nigeria. [2]

Physical description

The wingspan is about 182 mm. The forewings are buffish wood-brown much powdered with black and with a pale buff stigma between which and the base are two irregular incomplete black bands. There are also median, postmedian and subterminal zigzag double black bands. The hindwings are less powdered with black than the forewing and have a large intensely black subbasal patch and antemedian, two postmedian and subterminal crenulate broad black bands. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Jana aurivilliusi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): 488 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .