Cotana erectilinea

Cotana erectilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Cotana
Species:	C. erectilinea
Binomial name
	Cotana erectilinea; (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
Synonyms
	Nervicompressa erectilinea Bethune-Baker, 1910; Cotana erectilinea setakwensis Rothschild, 1917;

Cotana erectilinea is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1910.^[1] It is found in New Guinea.^[2]

The wingspan is about 44 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous brown, with a small pale spot darkly encircled in the cell near the base, as well as an erect straight dark median line, beyond which the postmedian area is darker and terminates in a scalloped edge. The apex is also darker. The hindwings are pale orange-brown, with a trace of a darker median and curved postmedian line.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana erectilinea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
^ The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia
^ Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from New Guinea

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana erectilinea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[2] The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia

[3] Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from New Guinea

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