Cotana unistrigata
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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. unistrigata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cotana unistrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
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Cotana unistrigata 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 39–43 mm. The forewings are ochre-brown with a broad dark grey-brown nearly straight stripe across the wing, beyond the centre, from the costa to the inner margin. The hindwings are ochre-yellow with an oblique dark stripe right across the wing rather in front of the centre.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana unistrigata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia
- ^ New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea
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