Gonojana dimidiata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.[1] It is found in Cameroon and Gabon.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Genus: | Gonojana |
| Species: | G. dimidiata
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| Gonojana dimidiata Aurivillius, 1893
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The wingspan about 45 mm. The forewings are plumbeous (lead colored), crossed by a dark brown, straight line, which runs from the costa to the inner margin about three-fourths of their length from the base. The hindwings are orange red with the outer third broadly and uniformly margined with dark plumbeous brown.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gonojana dimidiata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Afromoths
- ^ Holland, W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. - Psyche 6: p. 515
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