Fraus crocea
| Fraus crocea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.[3] Adults are on wing from February to May.
Larvae are associated with Imperata cylindrica and Gahnia species.
References
[edit]- ^ 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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