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Jana eurymas

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Species of moth

Jana eurymas
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. 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.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854". Afromoths. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. African Moths
Taxon identifiers
Jana eurymas


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