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''Cotana'' is a genus of moths in the family Eupterotidae. Species * '' Cotana affinis'' Rothschild, 1917 * '' Cotana albaserrati'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) * '' Cotana albomaculata'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) * '' Cotana aroa'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) * '' Cotana bakeri'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1917) * '' Cotana biagi'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) * '' Cotana bisecta'' Rothschild, 1917 * '' Cotana brunnescens'' Rothschild, 1917 * '' Cotana castaneorufa'' Rothschild, 1917 * '' Cotana dubia'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) * '' Cotana eichhorni'' Rothschild, 1932 * '' Cotana erectilinea'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) * '' Cotana germana'' Rothschild, 1917 * '' Cotana joiceyi'' Rothschild, 1917 * '' Cotana kebeae'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) * '' Cotana lunulata'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) * '' Cotana meeki'' Rothschild, 1917 * '' Cotana neurina'' Turner, 1922 * '' Cotana pallidipascia'' Rothschild, 1917 * '' Cotana postpallida'' (Rothschild, 1917) * '' Cotana rosselliana'' Rothschild, 1917 * '' Cotana rubrescens'' Walker, 186 ...
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Cotana Biagi
''Cotana biagi'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 91 mm. The forewings are deep chocolate brown, with the basal three-fourths of the costa, the base of the wing and the subcostal area bright rufous. The nervures are rufous and there is a large antemedian primrose-yellow patch of raised scales on and between veins two to five. There is also a large postmedian curved white patch running out distad between the nervures into wedge-shaped projections. The margin is rufous yellow. The hindwings are deep chocolate, with the base of the wing and abdominal area rufous clothed with long hairs. The nervures are rufous and there is a row of six postmedian white patches. The margin is rufous yellow. Subspecies *''Cotana biagi biagi'' *''Cotana biagi occidentalis'' Rothschild, 1932 (junior primary homonym) References Moths described in 1908 Eupterotinae {{Bombyc ...
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Cotana Postpallida
''Cotana postpallida'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ... in 1917. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 53 mm. The forewings are deep liver brown with a large antemedian grey and black stigma, a median transverse black band and the outer one-third with a somewhat ill-defined postdiscal grey band and grey cloudings beyond. The basal half of the hindwings is orange suffused with brown and crossed by a dark band, while the outer half is dull brown slightly suffused with orange and crossed by a greyish-olive band edged with serrated brownish cloud lines. References Moths described in 1917 Eupterotinae {{Bombycoidea-stub ...
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Eupterotidae
Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera with more than 300 described species. Diversity The family consists of four subfamilies and the unplaced ''Ganissa group''. The subfamily Eupterotinae consists of about 11 genera, the ''Ganissa group'' about 10 genera, the subfamily Janinae about 16 genera, the subfamily Panacelinae consists of one genus and 3 species and the subfamily Striphnopteryginae of 15 genera. Genera *Subfamily Eupterotinae **Tribe Cotanini Forbes, 1955 ***''Cotana'' ***''Melanergon'' **Tribe Eupterotini ***'' Apha'' ***'' Apona'' ***'' Cyrtojana'' ***'' Dreata'' ***''Eupterote'' ***''Ganisa'' ***'' Janomima'' ***''Lasiomorpha'' ***'' Lichenopteryx'' ***''Marmaroplegma'' ***'' Melanothrix'' ***'' Neopreptos'' ***'' Nisaga'' ***'' Palirisa'' ***'' Pandala'' ***''Parajana'' ***'' Phyllalia'' ***''Poloma'' ***'' Preptos'' ***''Preptothauma'' ***''Pseudoganisa'' ***''Pseudojana'' ***''Teratojana'' ***''Trichophiala'' **Unplaced to tribe ***'' Bantua ...
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Cotana Germana
''Cotana germana'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ... in 1917. It is found in New Guinea. Males are similar to '' Cotana rubrescens'', but the forewings are paler and less chestnut brown, and the transverse bands are much thinner and less strongly marked. The hindwings are much paler and almost patternless and the transverse band of the forewings is also more concavely curved. Females have liver-chestnut forewings with a white spot below the median in the basal one-third of the wing, a median slightly sinuate darker band and the nervures and marginal line are yellow. There is a postdiscal coalescent band of intranervular white wedge-shaped patches truncated distad. The hindwings are simila ...
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Cotana Variegata
''Cotana variegata'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ... in 1917. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 47 mm for males and 74 mm for females. The basal one-fourth of the forewings of the males is cream white, with an oblique chocolate streak, below which is a looped zigzag line which forms a white stigma just below the streak. There is an antemedian dark-chocolate transverse band and the central one-third of the wing is pale chocolate, becoming paler distad. The outer one-third is creamy grey with a crenulate postdiscal brown line, a dark-chocolate spot before the tornus and a quadrate dark-chocolate patch between vein seven and half-way between veins six and five. Th ...
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Cotana Rosselliana
''Cotana rosselliana'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ... in 1917. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 54 mm for males and 65 mm for females. The basal three-fifths of the forewings of the males is orange brown, while the outer two-fifths are paler more suffused with yellow. There is a broad irregular subbasal dark-brown band followed by a dull yellow stigma ringed with dark brown and a curved median black-brown band, as well as three crenulate black lines of varying sharpness in outer the two-fifths and a dark-brown patch below the apex. Females have saffron-yellow forewings with a round white spot below the median in the basal one-third and there is a crenulate lu ...
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Cotana Pallidipascia
''Cotana pallidipascia'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ... in 1917. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 43 mm. The forewings are pale chocolate brown with a whitish dot in the basal one-fourth below the cell and there is an indistinct shadowy-black median line, as well as a postmedian double line which is greyish white inside and dark brown outside. The hindwings are paler chocolate brown with an indistinct postmedian line. References Moths described in 1917 Eupterotinae {{Bombycoidea-stub ...
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Cotana Meeki
''Cotana meeki'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ... in 1917. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 48 mm for males and 69 mm for females. The basal one-third of the forewings of the males is cream white, with an irregular somewhat hourglass-shaped rufous-chocolate patch running into the middle from the costa with a white dot in the centre. From this patch, a somewhat indistinct irregular dark line runs to the inner margin. The median one-third is chocolate, bordered exteriorly by a lunulate whitish band and with the nervures white. There is also a postmedian broad crenulate lavender-grey band edged narrowly outwardly with chocolate. The outer one-fourth below vein fiv ...
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Cotana Lunulata
''Cotana lunulata'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 45–54 mm. Females are very similar to those of ''Cotana meeki ''Cotana meeki'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zool ...'', but are paler and more rufescent on the wings, while the postdiscal white bands are much narrower. References Moths described in 1904 Eupterotinae {{Bombycoidea-stub ...
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Cotana Affinis
''Cotana affinis'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ... in 1917. It is found in New Guinea. 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. References Moths des ...
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Cotana Joiceyi
''Cotana joiceyi'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ... in 1917. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 48 mm for males and 60 mm for females. Males are similar to '' Cotana unistrigata'', but the basal half of the forewings has a buffish-cream colour, and the outer half is buffish grey. Furthermore, the median band is more oblique and brown (not black) and there is no stigma. Females differ from ''C. unistrigata'' in being smaller and the white patch and postdiscal bands are much larger and pure white. Furthermore, the nervures and margins are deep bright yellow and the thorax and costal area are rufous orange. References Moths described in 1917 Eupterotinae ...
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Cotana Kebeae
''Cotana kebeae'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is 48–56 mm. The forewings are cinnamon brown, but paler in the medial area and with a straight oblique dark purplish-brown medial stripe, followed by a slightly curved narrower similar coloured postmedial line edged with paler externally. In this edging is a row of dark dots on each vein. The apex has a darker suffusion. The hindwings are orange, with a trace of a medial line and a suffused lunulated postmedial stripe which is edged with pale externally. There is a row of dark dots on the veins.New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea


Subspecies

*''Cotana kebeae kebeae'' *''Cotana kebeae grandis'' Rothschild, 1917


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