Cotana affinis explained

Cotana affinis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1917. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

Description

The wingspan is about 50 mm. The basal one-third of the forewings is cream white with an oblique subbasal chocolate band and a broad dark-chocolate antemedian band. In between these two bands is a chocolate stigma with a white centre. The outer two-thirds of the wing are creamy grey washed with brown and with a postmedian cream-grey band edged outwardly by a crenulated chocolate hairline. There is also a large chocolate patch above vein 6. The hindwings are orange yellow, but bright orange at the base and on the inner area. There are two faint transverse shadow lines.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Eupterotidae/Eupterotidae%20list.htm The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia
  2. 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 . 10.5962/bhl.part.23154 . BioStor. free .