Biology:Hemijana subrosea

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Short description: Species of moth

Hemijana subrosea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Hemijana
Species:
H. subrosea
Binomial name
Hemijana subrosea
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Jana subrosea Aurivillius, 1893
  • Hemijana ruberrima Rothschild, 1917
  • Hemijana subrosea f. disticta Berio, 1937

Hemijana subrosea is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.[1] It is found in Angola and South Africa .[2]

The wingspan about 60 mm. The forewings are cinnamon grey tinged with salmon and with three minute stigmatic dots, as well as three postmedian crenulate dark-grey lines. The fringe and subterminal area are stained with salmon red. The hindwings are salmon scarlet.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Hemijana subrosea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=58033. 
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Hemijana subrosea (Aurivillius, 1893)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/HEMISUBR. Retrieved November 15, 2017. 
  3. Lord Rothschild (1917). "Some New Moths of the Families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae". Novitates Zoologicae 24. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22361#page/560/mode/1up.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13225512 entry