Cotana_unistrigata

<i>Cotana unistrigata</i>

Cotana unistrigata

Species of moth

Cotana unistrigata 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]

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The wingspan is 39–43 mm. The forewings are ochre-brown with a broad dark grey-brown nearly straight stripe across the wing, beyond the centre, from the costa to the inner margin. The hindwings are ochre-yellow with an oblique dark stripe right across the wing rather in front of the centre.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana unistrigata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. [2]
    The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia
  3. [3]
    New Lepidoptera from British New GuineaPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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