Cotana

Cotana
	Cotana variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Cotana; Walker, 1865
Synonyms
	Hypercydas Turner, 1903; Nervicompressa Bethune-Baker, 1904; Epicydas Bethune-Baker, 1908; Paracydas Bethune-Baker, 1908;

Cotana is a genus of moths in the family Eupterotidae.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

The species in this genus have very prominent sexual dimorphism, making it impossible to match both sexes together without rearing or molecular analysis. Many species have been described based on male specimens, while other descriptions are based on females. Since only two pairs^[which?] are reliable known, many names still considered valid will turn out to be synonyms in the future.^[2]

Species[]

Cotana affinis Rothschild, 1917
Cotana albaserrati (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
Cotana albomaculata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Cotana aroa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Cotana bakeri (Joicey & Talbot, 1917)
Cotana biagi (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Cotana bisecta Rothschild, 1917
Cotana brunnescens Rothschild, 1917
Cotana castaneorufa Rothschild, 1917
Cotana dubia (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Cotana eichhorni Rothschild, 1932
Cotana erectilinea (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
Cotana germana Rothschild, 1917
Cotana joiceyi Rothschild, 1917
Cotana kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Cotana lunulata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Cotana meeki Rothschild, 1917
Cotana neurina Turner, 1922
Cotana pallidipascia Rothschild, 1917
Cotana postpallida (Rothschild, 1917)
Cotana rosselliana Rothschild, 1917
Cotana rubrescens Walker, 1865
Cotana serranotata (T.P. Lucas, 1894)
Cotana splendida Rothschild, 1932
Cotana tenebricosa (Hering, 1931)
Cotana unistrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Cotana variegata Rothschild, 1917

Former species[]

Cotana calliloma Turner, 1903

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
^ The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

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

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