Jana eurymas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Genus: | Jana |
Species: | J. eurymas |
Binomial name | |
Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 |
Jana eurymas, the banded monkey, is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
The larvae feed Canthium species and Psydrax obovata.
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Jana eurymas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854". Afromoths. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- African Moths
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Jana eurymas |
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