''Acrojana simillima'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

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 ...

. It was described by Rothschild in 1932. It is found in

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

about 132 mm. Adults are similar to ''

Acrojana splendida ''Acrojana splendida'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1917. It is found in Ghana and Sierra Leone. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip t ...

'', with a salmon-red area on the hindwings.Rothschild, W. 1932. On some new Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 38(2): p. 252
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References

Moths described in 1932 Janinae {{Bombycoidea-stub