Drepanojana fasciata

Drepanojana fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Drepanojana
Species: D. fasciata
Binomial name
Drepanojana fasciata
Aurivillius, 1893
Synonyms
  • Drepanojana apicalis Aurivillius, 1915
  • Melanothris maeonia Druce, 1896

Drepanojana fasciata is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Aurivillius in 1893.[1] It is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.[2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are uniform dark umber-brown, the forewings, at the costa near the apex in the areas seven and eight, with a creamy spot and with a similar small submarginal dot in the sixth area.[3]

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