Cotana postpallida | |
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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. postpallida
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Binomial name | |
Cotana postpallida (
Rothschild, 1917)
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Cotana postpallida is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1917. [1] It is found in New Guinea. [2]
The wingspan is about 53 mm. The forewings are deep liver brown with a large antemedian grey and black stigma, a median transverse black band and the outer one-third with a somewhat ill-defined postdiscal grey band and grey cloudings beyond. The basal half of the hindwings is orange suffused with brown and crossed by a dark band, while the outer half is dull brown slightly suffused with orange and crossed by a greyish-olive band edged with serrated brownish cloud lines. [3]
Cotana postpallida | |
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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. postpallida
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Binomial name | |
Cotana postpallida (
Rothschild, 1917)
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Synonyms | |
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Cotana postpallida is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1917. [1] It is found in New Guinea. [2]
The wingspan is about 53 mm. The forewings are deep liver brown with a large antemedian grey and black stigma, a median transverse black band and the outer one-third with a somewhat ill-defined postdiscal grey band and grey cloudings beyond. The basal half of the hindwings is orange suffused with brown and crossed by a dark band, while the outer half is dull brown slightly suffused with orange and crossed by a greyish-olive band edged with serrated brownish cloud lines. [3]