Drepanojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae.[1] Its single species, Drepanojana fasciata, is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.[2] Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.[3]
| Drepanojana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eupterotidae |
| Subfamily: | Janinae |
| Genus: | Drepanojana Aurivillius, 1893 |
| Species: | D. fasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are uniform dark umber brown. The forewings, at the costa near the apex in the areas seven and eight, with a creamy spot and with a similar small submarginal dot in the sixth area.[4]
Former species
- Drepanojana citheronia Bryk, 1944 is now Eupterote citheronia (Bryk, 1944).