Biology:Hemijana griseola

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Short description: Species of moth

Hemijana griseola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Hemijana
Species:
H. griseola
Binomial name
Hemijana griseola
Rothschild, 1917

Hemijana griseola is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1917.[1] It is found in South Africa .[2]

The wingspan about 54 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown-grey, with a subbasal chocolate patch on the inner margin, an antemedian transverse line to the base of vein two and a strongly angled and sinuate postmedian brown line beyond which is a less strongly marked and less sinuate line on the outer edge of which between vein six and the costa are three dark-brown dots. The hindwings are yellowish cinnamon, with darker hairs on the abdominal area and a median shadow line, as well as a dark-cinnamon postmedian line.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13225507 entry