| Drepanojana | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Subfamily: | Janinae |
| Genus: |
Drepanojana Aurivillius, 1893 |
| Species: | D. fasciata
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| Binomial name | |
| Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893
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| Synonyms | |
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Drepanojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. [1] Its single species, Drepanojana fasciata, is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. [2] Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893. [3]
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are uniform dark umber brown. The forewings, at the costa near the apex in the areas seven and eight, with a creamy spot and with a similar small submarginal dot in the sixth area. [4]
- Drepanojana citheronia Bryk, 1944 is now Eupterote citheronia (Bryk, 1944).
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drepanojana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drepanojana fasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
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^ Aurivillius, C. (1915).
"New species of African Lasiocampidae and Strichnopterygidae from English collections". Arkiv för Zoologi. 9 (11): 9. via – Biodiversity Heritage Library
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public domain.
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| Drepanojana | |
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|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Subfamily: | Janinae |
| Genus: |
Drepanojana Aurivillius, 1893 |
| Species: | D. fasciata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Drepanojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. [1] Its single species, Drepanojana fasciata, is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. [2] Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893. [3]
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are uniform dark umber brown. The forewings, at the costa near the apex in the areas seven and eight, with a creamy spot and with a similar small submarginal dot in the sixth area. [4]
- Drepanojana citheronia Bryk, 1944 is now Eupterote citheronia (Bryk, 1944).
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drepanojana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drepanojana fasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
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^ Aurivillius, C. (1915).
"New species of African Lasiocampidae and Strichnopterygidae from English collections". Arkiv för Zoologi. 9 (11): 9. via – Biodiversity Heritage Library This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
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| This article relating to the superfamily Bombycoidea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |