Hemijana variegata
| Hemijana variegata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Genus: | Hemijana |
| Species: | H. variegata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemijana variegata Rothschild, 1917 | |
Hemijana variegata is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1917.[1] It is found in Mozambique.[2]
The wingspan about 55 mm. The forewings are cinnamon pinkish white, but the outer one-third umber-brown washed and clouded with pinkish cinnamon and cinnamon-white. There is an arc of three large irregular umber-brown patches on basal one-fourth, as well as several lines and a black stigmatic dot beyond which is a brown patch. The outer one-third of the wing is sharply cut off from the basal paler two-thirds. The hindwings are salmon-pink, the outer one-third with an ill-defined broad sooty grey-black band and suffusion.[3]
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