Fraus pteromela

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Fraus pteromela
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Fraus
Species:
F. pteromela
Binomial name
Fraus pteromela
(Lower, 1892)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hectomanes pteromela Lower, 1892

Fraus pteromela is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in most of the southern half of Australia.

The wingspan is about 25 mm for males and 35 mm for females.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
  2. ^ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (February 2, 2009). "Fraus pteromela". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-11.


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