Hemijana subrosea

Hemijana subrosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Hemijana
Species: H. subrosea
Binomial name
Hemijana subrosea
(Aurivillius, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Jana subrosea Aurivillius, 1893
  • Hemijana ruberrima Rothschild, 1917
  • Hemijana subrosea f. disticta Berio, 1937

Hemijana subrosea is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Aurivillius in 1893.[1] It is found in Angola and South Africa.[2]

The wingspan about 60 mm. The forewings are cinnamon-grey tinged with salmon and with three minute stigmatic dots, as well as three postmedian crenulate dark-grey lines. The fringe and subterminal area are stained with salmon-red. The hindwings are salmon-scarlet.[3]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): p. 490
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