Acrojana simillima
Acrojana simillima | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Genus: | Acrojana |
Species: | A. simillima |
Binomial name | |
Acrojana simillima Rothschild, 1932 | |
Acrojana simillima is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1932.[1] It is found in Sierra Leone.[2]
The wingspan about 132 mm. Adults are similar to Acrojana splendida, with a salmon-red area on the hindwings. The underside of the abdomen is scarlet mixed with wood-brown and the legs are scarlet edged with wood-brown. The wings are dark wood-brown crossed by two black brown lines, the inner area of the forewings orange-salmon and the cell of the forewings washed with orange-salmon.[3]
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