''Cotaena mediana'' is a species of
sedge moth, and for a long time the only species in the genus ''
Cotaena
''Cotaena'' is a genus of sedge moths originally described by Francis Walker in 1865.
Taxonomy
The genus was originally described in the Aegeriidae (=Sesiidae), transferred to the Heliodinidae by Edward Meyrick, to the Schreckensteiniidae by Th ...
''. It was described by
Francis Walker in 1864. It is widespread throughout the Amazon, including
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
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It is a colourful species.
References
External links
''Cotaena mediana'' at Zipcodezoo.com
Moths described in 1864
Glyphipterigidae
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