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Abantiades albofasciatus

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Abantiades albofasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Abantiades
Species:
A. albofasciatus
Binomial name
Abantiades albofasciatus
Synonyms
  • Pielus albofasciatus C. Swinhoe, 1892

Abantiades albofasciatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae.[2] It is endemic to Western Australia.[2]

Description

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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]

Specimen image

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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.

Taxonomy

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Swinhoe, C. 1892. Sphinges and Bombyces, Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera - Oxford University Museum, Clarendon Press, Part 1, pp. 289-290, No. 1343.
  2. ^ a b ABRS 2009. Australian Faunal Directory: Abantiades albofasciatus. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c * Tindale, N.B. 1928-1932. Revision of the Australian ghost moths (Lepidoptera, Homoneura, family Hepialidae). Part I, Vol 4 pp 497-536 (p.533), Records of the South Australian Museum. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (2 February 2020). "Abantiades albofasciatus (Swinhoe, 1892)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 12 April 2020.