Cotana kebeae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Genus: | Cotana |
Species: | C. kebeae
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Binomial name | |
Cotana kebeae (
Bethune-Baker, 1904)
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Synonyms | |
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Cotana kebeae is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. [1] It is found in New Guinea. [2]
The wingspan is 48–56 mm. [3] The forewings are cinnamon brown, but paler in the medial area and with a straight oblique dark purplish-brown medial stripe, followed by a slightly curved narrower similar coloured postmedial line edged with paler externally. In this edging is a row of dark dots on each vein. The apex has a darker suffusion. The hindwings are orange, with a trace of a medial line and a suffused lunulated postmedial stripe which is edged with pale externally. There is a row of dark dots on the veins. [4]
Cotana kebeae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Genus: | Cotana |
Species: | C. kebeae
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Binomial name | |
Cotana kebeae (
Bethune-Baker, 1904)
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Synonyms | |
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Cotana kebeae is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. [1] It is found in New Guinea. [2]
The wingspan is 48–56 mm. [3] The forewings are cinnamon brown, but paler in the medial area and with a straight oblique dark purplish-brown medial stripe, followed by a slightly curved narrower similar coloured postmedial line edged with paler externally. In this edging is a row of dark dots on each vein. The apex has a darker suffusion. The hindwings are orange, with a trace of a medial line and a suffused lunulated postmedial stripe which is edged with pale externally. There is a row of dark dots on the veins. [4]