Cotana pallidipascia is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1917.[1][failed verification] It is found in New Guinea.[2]

Cotana pallidipascia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Cotana
Species:
C. pallidipascia
Binomial name
Cotana pallidipascia
Synonyms
  • Cotana pallidifascia

The wingspan is about 43 mm. The forewings are pale chocolate brown with a whitish dot in the basal one-fourth below the cell and there is an indistinct shadowy-black median line, as well as a postmedian double line which is greyish white inside and dark brown outside. The hindwings are paler chocolate brown with an indistinct postmedian line.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ^ Zolotuhin, Vadim (October 22, 2012). "The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.
  3. ^ Rothschild, Lord (1917). "On the Genera Melanothrix, Drepanojana, Melanergon, Paracydas, Cotana, Hypercydas, Epicydas, and Nervicompressa of the Family Eupterotidae with Descriptions of New Forms". Novitates Zoologicae. 24: 463–492. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.23154 – via BioStor.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.