Cotana albomaculata

Cotana albomaculata
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Cotana
Species:	C. albomaculata
Binomial name
	Cotana albomaculata; (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Synonyms
	Nervicompressa albomaculata Bethune-Baker, 1904; Epicydas ovata Bethune-Baker, 1908;

Cotana albomaculata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904.[1] It is found in New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is about 58 mm. Both wings are pale, semitransparent reddish, the forewings have a large ovate white spot at the end of the cell and there is a whitish scalloped subterminal stripe, the scallops extended into spear-head points in the apical area. The hindwings are similar to the forewings but without the cell spot.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana albomaculata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia
New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana albomaculata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[2] The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia

[3] New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea