Abantiades argyrosticha
Abantiades argyrosticha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Trictena |
Species: | T. argyrosticha
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Binomial name | |
Trictena argyrosticha Turner, 1929[1]
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Trictena argyrosticha is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Turner in 1929, and is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland.[2]
The wingspan is about 100 mm.
The larvae live underground, where they feeds on the roots of various trees, including Casuarina and Eucalyptus species.[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory
- ^ Australian Insects
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