Negera bimaculata
| Negera bimaculata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Negera |
| Species: | N. bimaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Negera bimaculata (Holland, 1893) | |
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Negera bimaculata is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Holland in 1893.[1] It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana and Liberia.[2]
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]