Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Eupterotidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Janomima | |
Janomima mariana, the Inquisative Monkey, is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by White in 1843. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Adults are fulvous yellow, sprinkled with minute brownish spots and with a few waved brownish transverse streaks.
The larvae feed on various grasses and have been specifically reported feeding on Bauhinia and Brachystegia species, as well as Pterocarpus rotundifolius and Miscanthus violaceus.
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