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The [[wingspan]] is 51–67 mm for males and 74–90 mm for females. The colour pattern of the forewings is complex in males and usually reduced or obsolete in female. The hindwings are unicolorous yellow, orange-yellow or pink. Adults are on wing from December to April.<ref>[http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/faunaofnz/extracts/FNZ30/documents/FNZ30Dugdale1994150.pdf Fauna of New Zealand 30: Hepialidae]</ref> |
The [[wingspan]] is 51–67 mm for males and 74–90 mm for females. The colour pattern of the forewings is complex in males and usually reduced or obsolete in female. The hindwings are unicolorous yellow, orange-yellow or pink. Adults are on wing from December to April.<ref>[http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/faunaofnz/extracts/FNZ30/documents/FNZ30Dugdale1994150.pdf Fauna of New Zealand 30: Hepialidae] {{wayback|url=http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/faunaofnz/extracts/FNZ30/documents/FNZ30Dugdale1994150.pdf |date=20110615035250 }}</ref> |
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The larvae probably feed on fallen leaves. |
The larvae probably feed on fallen leaves. |
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Dumbletonius unimaculata is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is 51–67 mm for males and 74–90 mm for females. The colour pattern of the forewings is complex in males and usually reduced or obsolete in female. The hindwings are unicolorous yellow, orange-yellow or pink. Adults are on wing from December to April.[2]
The larvae probably feed on fallen leaves.
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.
- ^ Fauna of New Zealand 30: Hepialidae Template:Wayback
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