Biology:Cotana dubia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Genus: | Cotana |
| Species: | C. dubia
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| Cotana dubia (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
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Cotana dubia is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904.[1] It is found in New Guinea.[2]
The wingspan is about 72 mm for males and 41 mm for females. Both wings of the males are darkish red-brown, the forewings with a broad oblique median band and a very broad curved postmedian band of darker ground colour, the latter having a scalloped outer edge, adjoining which is a series of broad spear-head ochreous marks up to the termen. There is also a large round ochreous spot at the end of the cell and all the veins are distinctly ochreous. The hindwings are like the forewings, but without the cell spot.[3] Females have pale buff forewings, but darker in the terminal area and with a waved purplish medial stripe. There is a curved indefinite mauve suffused line, edged obscurely with yellowish and with a fine very indistinct dark margin, beyond which is a row of dark dashes on each vein. There is also a subapical purplish wedge-shaped terminal patch. The hindwings are orange yellow, with a lunulate postmedial line, followed by a row of dark dashes on each vein.[4]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Cotana dubia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=57849.
- ↑ The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia
- ↑ New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea
- ↑ New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea
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Wikidata ☰ Q13477489 entry
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