Ceranemota semifasciata

Ceranemota semifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Ceranemota
Species:	C. semifasciata
Binomial name
	Ceranemota semifasciata; Benjamin, 1938

Ceranemota semifasciata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1938.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from northern California.[2]

The wingspan is about 35 mm. The forewings are gray with a pale greenish dusting along the costa. The base is white with a small black spot near the center, beyond this a small black spot, and obliquely toward the inner margin, a small tuft of black and white scales. The transverse anterior and posterior lines are broad rufous, the former preceded by a broad, more or less indistinct, fuscous shade, the latter followed by a narrower band of the same color. Four small fuscous spots are found on costa, beyond the transverse posterior line, the two outer ones better defined than the two inner ones. There is a well defined triangular whitish patch at the apex, which narrows to form a distinct whitish subterminal line. The hindwings are light yellowish fuscous, lighter basally.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ceranemota semifasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
"850013.00 – 6245 – Ceranemota semifasciata – Benjamin, 1938". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
Clarke, J. F. Gates; Benjamin, Foster H. (1938). "A Stydy of Some North American Moths Allied to the Thyatirid Genus Bombycia Hübner". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 37: 55–77 – via BioStor.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ceranemota semifasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

[2] "850013.00 – 6245 – Ceranemota semifasciata – Benjamin, 1938". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[3] Clarke, J. F. Gates; Benjamin, Foster H. (1938). "A Stydy of Some North American Moths Allied to the Thyatirid Genus Bombycia Hübner". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 37: 55–77 – via BioStor.