Cotana bakeri

Cotana bakeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Cotana
Species: C. bakeri
Binomial name
Cotana bakeri
(Joicey & Talbot, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Nervicompressa bakeri Joicey & Talbot, 1917

Cotana bakeri is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Joicey and Talbot in 1917.[1] It is found in New Guinea.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 21 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown, with the apex and outer margin purplish brown, but faintly suffused below vein five and there is a heavy brown straight discal line from the costa at its middle to the middle of the inner margin. The basal area has greyish-white scaling. The hindwings are pale rufous-brown with a thin dark discal line, a faint post-discal line and indications of a subterminal line.[3]

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