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(Redirected from Philotherma apithana) Genus of moths

Cyrtojana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Cyrtojana
Aurivillius, 1911
Species: C. trilineata
Binomial name
Cyrtojana trilineata
Aurivillius, 1911
Synonyms
  • Philotherma apithana Hering, 1928

Cyrtojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its only species, Cyrtojana trilineata, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1911.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Cyrtojana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Cyrtojana trilineata Aurivillius, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Cyrtojana trilineata


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