Gracilanja is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae erected by Thierry Bouyer in 2011.[1] Its single species, Gracilanja gracilis, was described by Francis Walker in 1855.[2] It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Uganda.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Subfamily: | Janinae |
| Genus: | Gracilanja Bouyer, 2011 |
| Species: | G. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gracilanja gracilis (Walker, 1855)
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Adults are pale fawn, the wings partly clouded with pale brown and with two oblique very slender nearly straight brown bands, which are most distinct on the forewings. The hindwings have a testaceous (terracotta color) undulating band between the outer brown band and the exterior border.[4]
References
edit- ^ Bouyer, T. (2011). "Démembrement et réorganisation des genres Jana Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 et Hoplojana Aurivillius, 1901 (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae)". Lambillionea. 111 (3) Tomé 1: 211-218.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Jana gracilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Gracilanja gracilis (Walker, 1855)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ Walker, F. (1855). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Lepidoptera Heterocera; p. 913. via – Biodiversity Heritage Library
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