Hemijana Griseola
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''Hemijana griseola'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1917. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan about 54 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown-grey, with a subbasal chocolate patch on the inner margin, an antemedian transverse line to the base of vein two and a strongly angled and sinuate postmedian brown line beyond which is a less strongly marked and less sinuate line on the outer edge of which between vein six and the costa are three dark-brown dots. The hindwings are yellowish cinnamon, with darker hairs on the abdominal area and a median shadow line, as well as a dark-cinnamon postmedian line.Rothschild, W. 1917c. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 24(3): p. 490


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Endemic moths of South Africa Moths described in 1917 Janinae {{Bombycoidea-stub