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Hapana verticalis

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Species of moth

Hapana verticalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Genus: Hapana
Species: H. verticalis
Binomial name
Hapana verticalis
(Warren, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Hypolamprus verticalis Warren, 1899

Hapana verticalis is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Gabon, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania.

They have a wing length between 7.5 and 9.5 mm. Externally this species is very similar to Hapana carcealis. The male can be distinguished by the large reddish patch at the hindwings of H. carcealis and the genitalia are different.

References

  1. afromoths
  2. Whalley, 1971, The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, Supplement 17, p.100-103
Taxon identifiers
Hapana verticalis


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