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Drepanojana

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Drepanojana
Scientific classification Edit this 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 apicalis Aurivillius, 1915
  • Melanothris maeonia Druce, 1896

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]

Former species

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Aurivillius, C. (1915). "New species of African Lasiocampidae and Strichnopterygidae from English collections". Arkiv för Zoologi. 9 (11): 9. via – Biodiversity Heritage Library Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.