Drepanojana

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
Scientific classification
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
Drepanojana apicalis Aurivillius, 1915 Melanothris maeonia Druce, 1896

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).