Negera bimaculata

Negera bimaculata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893.[1] It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana and Liberia.[2]

Negera bimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Negera
Species:
N. bimaculata
Binomial name
Negera bimaculata
(Holland, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Ancistrota bimaculata Holland, 1893
  • Ancistrina immacualta Gaede, 1927

The length of the forewings is 23-26.5 mm for males and 24.5-29.5 mm for females. The forewings are buff or greyish buff. The tornus is darker, with numerous dark brown or black striations parallel to the outer margin and there are numerous brown striations between the postmedial fascia and the base of the wing. The discocellular spot is black and the postmedial fascia dull brownish red laterally, with a longitudinal central lustrous band. The costal spots are faintly marked except at the apex. The hindwings are buff or greyish buff, darkest between the medial fascia and the weakly marked sub-basal fascia. It is speckled with brown distal to the medial fascia. The discocellular spot is black.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Negera bimaculata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Negera bimaculata (Holland, 1893)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  3. A revision of the Ethiopian Drepanidae (Lepidoptera)


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