Janomima mariana

Janomima mariana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Janomima
Species: J. mariana
Binomial name
Janomima mariana
(White, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx mariana White, 1843
  • Janomima nigricans Gaede, 1927
  • Janomima westwoodi Aurivillius, 1901

Janomima mariana, the Inquisative Monkey, is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by White in 1843.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]

Adults are fulvous yellow, sprinkled with minute brownish spots and with a few waved brownish transverse streaks.[3]

The larvae feed on various grasses and have been specifically reported feeding on Bauhinia and Brachystegia species, as well as Pterocarpus rotundifolius and Miscanthus violaceus.[4]

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