Cotana albaserrati

Cotana albaserrati is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1910. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index considers it to be a synonym of Cotana lunulata.[1] It is found in New Guinea.[2]

Cotana albaserrati
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Cotana
Species:
C. albaserrati
Binomial name
Cotana albaserrati
Synonyms
  • Hypercydas albaserrati Bethune-Baker, 1910
  • Cotana lunulata albaserrati

Males are similar to Cotana lunulata, but are larger and the outer one-third of the forewings is much paler and more yellow. The hindwings are much brighter yellow and all transverse lines are more distinct. Females are also similar to Cotana lunulata, but are much darker and the white patch in the basal one-third of the forewings is reduced to a small dot. The postdiscal bands are much narrower and more cream coloured.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana lunulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  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.


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