Drepanojana

Drepanojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae.[1] Its single species, Drepanojana fasciata, is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.[2] Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.[3]

Drepanojana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Drepanojana

Species:
D. fasciata
Binomial name
Drepanojana fasciata
Aurivillius, 1893
Synonyms
  • Drepanojana apicalis Aurivillius, 1915
  • Melanothris maeonia Druce, 1896

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are uniform dark umber brown. The forewings, at the costa near the apex in the areas seven and eight, with a creamy spot and with a similar small submarginal dot in the sixth area.[4]

Former species

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drepanojana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drepanojana fasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  4. Aurivillius, C. (1915). "New species of African Lasiocampidae and Strichnopterygidae from English collections". Arkiv för Zoologi. 9 (11): 9. via – Biodiversity Heritage Library


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