Hemijana griseola

Hemijana griseola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Hemijana
Species:	H. griseola
Binomial name
	Hemijana griseola; Rothschild, 1917

Hemijana griseola is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1917.^[1] It is found in South Africa.^[2]

The wingspan about 54 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown-grey, with a subbasal chocolate patch on the inner margin, an antemedian transverse line to the base of vein two and a strongly angled and sinuate postmedian brown line beyond which is a less strongly marked and less sinuate line on the outer edge of which between vein six and the costa are three dark-brown dots. The hindwings are yellowish cinnamon, with darker hairs on the abdominal area and a median shadow line, as well as a dark-cinnamon postmedian line.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hemijana griseola". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
^ Afro Moths
^ Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): p. 490 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hemijana griseola". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): p. 490 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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