Abantiades albofasciatus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Abantiades |
Species: | A. albofasciatus
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Binomial name | |
Abantiades albofasciatus (
C. Swinhoe, 1892)
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Synonyms | |
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Abantiades albofasciatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to Western Australia. [2]
The head, thorax, and forewings are a brown tinged with pink. [1] The hindwings and the abdomen are grey, and are both covered with white hairs. The legs are greyish brown, but pinkish below. [1] The antennae are dark brown. [3] Each forewing has a ragged white stripe from base to margin, a thin submarginal white line, and various faint labyrinthine markings. [4] The males' wingspan is about 10 centimetres (4 in), the females' about 15 centimetres (6 in). [4] The female is similar to the male, but with more conspicuous wing markings. [3]
See the Australian National Insect Collection: Specimen 10ANIC-09721 collected at Regan Ford, Western Australia by S. Cotter and K. Detchon on 29 April 2004.
A. albofasciatus was first described as Pielus albofasciatus by Charles Swinhoe in 1892, [1] and this was revised by Norman Tindale in 1932 to Abantiades albofasciatus. [3]
Abantiades albofasciatus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Abantiades |
Species: | A. albofasciatus
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Binomial name | |
Abantiades albofasciatus (
C. Swinhoe, 1892)
[1]
| |
Synonyms | |
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Abantiades albofasciatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to Western Australia. [2]
The head, thorax, and forewings are a brown tinged with pink. [1] The hindwings and the abdomen are grey, and are both covered with white hairs. The legs are greyish brown, but pinkish below. [1] The antennae are dark brown. [3] Each forewing has a ragged white stripe from base to margin, a thin submarginal white line, and various faint labyrinthine markings. [4] The males' wingspan is about 10 centimetres (4 in), the females' about 15 centimetres (6 in). [4] The female is similar to the male, but with more conspicuous wing markings. [3]
See the Australian National Insect Collection: Specimen 10ANIC-09721 collected at Regan Ford, Western Australia by S. Cotter and K. Detchon on 29 April 2004.
A. albofasciatus was first described as Pielus albofasciatus by Charles Swinhoe in 1892, [1] and this was revised by Norman Tindale in 1932 to Abantiades albofasciatus. [3]