Thitarodes nipponensis
Appearance
Thitarodes nipponensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Thitarodes |
Species: | T. nipponensis
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Binomial name | |
Thitarodes nipponensis Ueda, 1995[1]
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Thitarodes nipponensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Kyoichiro Ueda in 1995, and is known from Japan.[2]
The forewings are 14–19 mm in length and are brownish or yellowish with lighter markings. The hindwings are greyish brown, with a more brownish-yellow coloring on the apical area of the costa and the cilia.[2]
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.
- ^ a b A New Species of Thitarodes Viette (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae) from Japan. Kyoichiro Ueda, 1995
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