Biology:Drepanojana

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Short description: Genus of insects

Drepanojana
Scientific classification edit
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

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Drepanojana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=57883. 
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/DREPFASC. Retrieved November 14, 2017. 
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Drepanojana fasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=57885. 
  4. Aurivillius, C. (1915). "New species of African Lasiocampidae and Strichnopterygidae from English collections". Arkiv för Zoologi. 9 (11): 9. via – Biodiversity Heritage Library This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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