Fraus crocea
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Fraus |
Species: | F. crocea
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Binomial name | |
Fraus crocea (Lucas, 1891)[1]
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Fraus crocea is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.[2]
The wingspan is about 20 mm for males and about 35 mm for females. Adults vary in colour from pale yellow to brown, red or grey.[3] Adults are on wing from February to May.
Larvae are associated with Imperata cylindrica and Gahnia species.
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