Janomima mariana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Genus: | Janomima |
Species: | J. mariana
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Binomial name | |
Janomima mariana (
White, 1843)
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Synonyms | |
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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]
Janomima mariana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Genus: | Janomima |
Species: | J. mariana
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Binomial name | |
Janomima mariana (
White, 1843)
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Synonyms | |
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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]