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Gonojana dimidiata

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Gonojana dimidiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Gonojana
Species:
G. dimidiata
Binomial name
Gonojana dimidiata
Synonyms
  • Epijana tenuis Holland, 1893

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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Afromoths
  3. ^ Holland, W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. - Psyche 6: p. 515 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.