Biology:Jana eurymas

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Short description: Species of moth

Jana eurymas
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Jana
Species:
J. eurymas
Binomial name
Jana eurymas
Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13372678 entry