Cotana neurina

Cotana neurina is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Turner in 1922.[2] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Cotana neurina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Cotana
Species:
C. neurina
Binomial name
Cotana neurina
Turner, 1922[1]

The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic. Females are brown with a dark-edged pale spot near the base of the forewings and a pale submarginal zig-zag line on both the fore- and hindwings. Males are also brown with a dark-edged pale spot near the base of the forewings, but also with a prominent dark line across the forewings. The hindwings are orange with dark markings.[3]

References
  1. Turner, A. Jefferis (1922). "Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Saturniadae, Bombycidae, Eupterotidae, Notodontidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 47 (187): 361–362.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana neurina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  3. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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