Cotana castaneorufa explained

Cotana castaneorufa is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1913.[1] It is found in New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is about 49 mm. The forewings are chocolate liver brown with a tiny white dot at the base, an antemedian buff stigma followed by a buff transverse band which is distinct and broad at the costal half, growing narrower and indistinct on the inner half. There is a more or less indistinct postdiscal transverse greyish-olive outwardly curved chain of half moons. The hindwings are orange, the outer two-thirds almost completely suffused with liver brown. There is a brown transverse line in the basal one-third and an orange one somewhat sinuate in the outer one-third.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Note: This source has 1917 as the year of description.
  2. Web site: 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 . 10.5962/bhl.part.23154 . BioStor. free .