Abantiades sericatus
Abantiades sericatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Abantiades |
Species: | A. sericatus
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Binomial name | |
Abantiades sericatus Tindale, 1932
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Abantiades sericatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to Western Australia.[1]
The wingspan is about 70 mm. Adult females have pale brown forewings with a sinuous pattern of white patches with black outlines and two to three orange and blue eyespots. The hindwings are pale brown. Males have white forewings with a sinuous pattern and white hindwings.[2]
References[]
Categories:
- Moths described in 1932
- Hepialidae
- Moths of Australia
- Endemic fauna of Australia
- Hepialidae stubs