Jana yokoana

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Jana yokoana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Jana
Species:
J. yokoana
Binomial name
Jana yokoana
Synonyms
  • Dreata yokoanaBethune-Baker, 1927

Jana yokoana is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927. [1] It is found in Cameroon. [2]

The wingspan is about 118 mm. Both wings are brown, with a slight cinnamon tinge, the forewings with a median and a postmedian, dark brown transverse narrow stripe, slightly concave and almost parallel to each other. There are also traces of a clouding in the submarginal area. The hindwings are paler than the forewings, with a broad median and postmedian waved and irregular dark band right across the wing from the costa to the inner margin. [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 yokoana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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