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Drepanojana fasciata

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

Drepanojana fasciata is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.[1] It is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Aurivillius, C. 1915. New species of African Lasiocampidae and Strichnopterygidae from English collections. - Arkiv för Zoologi 9(11): p. 9