Negera natalensis
| Negera natalensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Negera |
| Species: | N. natalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Negera natalensis is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Felder in 1874.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda and Zambia.[2]
The length of the forewings is about 23 mm for males and about 17 mm for females. The ground colour of both wings is buff, reddish buff, greyish buff or purplish buff with brown markings. The antemedial fascia of the forewings is edged distally by large brown maculations and there is a small dark discocellular spot, as well as a large brown maculation distal to the end of the cell. There is also a grey, lunulate postmedial fascia, edged distally with white posteriorly. The lunulate subterminal fascia is pale buff, bordered distally and proximally by a broad brown band at the tornus. The antemedial fascia of the hindwings are weakly marked and there is a dark discocellular spot. The dark brown postmedial fascia is slightly sinuous, strongly marked and edged distally with white, while the subterminal fascia is dentate, pale buff or white and edged proximally with a broad pale brown band.[3]
The larvae feed on Pavetta lanceolata and Coffea species.
Subspecies
- Negera natalensis natalensis (South Africa)
- Negera natalensis geometroides (Holland, 1893) (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia)
- Negera natalensis parviluma Watson, 1965 (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia)