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Hemijana subrosea

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Hemijana subrosea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher 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

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Hemijana subrosea​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Hemijana subrosea (Aurivillius, 1893)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  3. ^ Lord Rothschild (1917). "Some New Moths of the Families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae". Novitates Zoologicae. 24. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.