Biology:Jana eurymas
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Short description: Species of moth
Jana eurymas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Genus: | Jana |
Species: | J. eurymas
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Binomial name | |
Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
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Jana eurymas, the banded monkey, is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa , Tanzania and Zambia.[2]
The larvae feed Canthium species and Psydrax obovata.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Jana eurymas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=58055.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/JANAEURY. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ↑ African Moths
Wikidata ☰ Q13372678 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana eurymas.
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