Cotana erectilinea

Cotana erectilinea is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1910.[1] It is found in New Guinea.[2]

Cotana erectilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Cotana
Species:
C. erectilinea
Binomial name
Cotana erectilinea
Synonyms
  • Nervicompressa erectilinea Bethune-Baker, 1910
  • Cotana erectilinea setakwensis Rothschild, 1917

The wingspan is about 44 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous brown, with a small pale spot darkly encircled in the cell near the base, as well as an erect straight dark median line, beyond which the postmedian area is darker and terminates in a scalloped edge. The apex is also darker. The hindwings are pale orange-brown, with a trace of a darker median and curved postmedian line.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana erectilinea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia
  3. Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from New Guinea


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