Abantiades aphenges
Appearance
Abantiades aphenges | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Abantiades |
Species: | A. aphenges
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Binomial name | |
Abantiades aphenges (Turner, 1904)
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Abantiades aphenges is a moth of the family Hepialidae,[1] first described in 1904 by Alfred Jefferis Turner as Pielus aphenges.[1][2] The specific epithet, aphenges, means "dark, gloomy".[2] It is endemic to Australia, including New South Wales and Queensland.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ^ a b Turner, A. J. (1904). "New Australian Lepidoptera...with synonomic notes and other notes". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 28: 212–247 [247].