Janomima mariana

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Janomima mariana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Janomima
Species:
J. mariana
Binomial name
Janomima mariana
(White, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx marianaWhite, 1843
  • Janomima nigricansGaede, 1927
  • Janomima westwoodiAurivillius, 1901

Janomima mariana, the inquisitive monkey, is a moth in the family Eupterotidae first described by Adam White in 1843. [1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2]

Adults are fulvous yellow, sprinkled with minute brownish spots and with a few waved brownish transverse streaks. [3]

The larvae feed on various grasses and have been specifically reported feeding on Bauhinia and Brachystegia species, as well as Pterocarpus rotundifolius and Miscanthus violaceus . [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). "Janomima mariana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Janomima mariana (White, 1843)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ White, Adam (1843). "Description of some apparently new Insects from the Congo, sent to England by Mr Curror, Surgeon R.N., and the late Mr. John Cranch". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 (1): 264. via - Internet Archive
  4. ↑ "Janomima mariana (White, 1843)". African Moths. "Inquisative [ sic ] Monkey". Retrieved October 17, 2018


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