Gonojana dimidiata
Appearance
Gonojana dimidiata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Genus: | Gonojana |
Species: | G. dimidiata
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Binomial name | |
Gonojana dimidiata Aurivillius, 1893
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Gonojana dimidiata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.[1] It is found in Cameroon and Gabon.[2]
The wingspan about 45 mm. The forewings are plumbeous (lead colored), crossed by a dark brown, straight line, which runs from the costa to the inner margin about three-fourths of their length from the base. The hindwings are orange red with the outer third broadly and uniformly margined with dark plumbeous brown.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gonojana dimidiata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Afromoths
- ^ Holland, W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. - Psyche 6: p. 515 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.