Jana yokoana

Jana yokoana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Jana
Species:	J. yokoana
Binomial name
	Jana yokoana; (Bethune-Baker, 1927)
Synonyms
	Dreata yokoana Bethune-Baker, 1927;

Jana yokoana is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927.^[1] It is found in Cameroon.^[2]

The wingspan is about 118 mm. Both wings are brown, with a slight cinnamon tinge, the forewings with a median and a postmedian, dark brown transverse narrow stripe, slightly concave and almost parallel to each other. There are also traces of a clouding in the submarginal area. The hindwings are paler than the forewings, with a broad median and postmedian waved and irregular dark band right across the wing from the costa to the inner margin.^[3]

References edit

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Jana yokoana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ Afro Moths
^ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Jana yokoana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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