Acrojana simillima

Acrojana simillima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Acrojana
Species:
A. simillima
Binomial name
Acrojana simillima
Rothschild, 1932

Acrojana simillima is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1932.[1] It is found in Sierra Leone.[2]

The wingspan about 132 mm. Adults are similar to Acrojana splendida, with a salmon-red area on the hindwings.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Acrojana simillima​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Rothschild, W. 1932. On some new Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 38(2): p. 252


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