Cotana unistrigata

Cotana unistrigata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904.[1] It is found in New Guinea.[2]

Cotana unistrigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Cotana
Species:
C. unistrigata
Binomial name
Cotana unistrigata
Synonyms
  • Nervicompressa unistrigata Bethune-Baker, 1904

The wingspan is 39–43 mm. The forewings are ochre-brown with a broad dark grey-brown nearly straight stripe across the wing, beyond the centre, from the costa to the inner margin. The hindwings are ochre-yellow with an oblique dark stripe right across the wing rather in front of the centre.[3]

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


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