''Gracilanja'' is a
monotypic moth genus in the family
Eupterotidae erected by Thierry Bouyer in 2011. Its single species, ''Gracilanja gracilis'', was described by
Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in
Cameroon, the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
,
Ghana,
Sierra Leone and
Uganda.
Adults are pale fawn, the wings partly clouded with pale brown and with two oblique very slender nearly straight brown bands, which are most distinct on the forewings. The hindwings have a testaceous (
terracotta color) undulating band between the outer brown band and the exterior border.
[Walker, F. (1855)]
''List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum''
Part IV. Lepidoptera Heterocera; p. 913. via – Biodiversity Heritage Library
References
Janinae
Moths described in 1855
Monotypic moth genera
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