Biology:Aoraia dinodes

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Short description: Species of moth

Aoraia dinodes
Aoraia dinodes male.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aoraia
Species:
A. dinodes
Binomial name
Aoraia dinodes
(Meyrick, 1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • Porina dinodes Meyrick, 1890

Aoraia dinodes is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This moth was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890 from specimens collected in Invercargill by Captain Hutton.[2]

The wingspan is 62–70 mm for males and about 70 mm for females. The forewing pattern is intricate or sometimes simplified fawn-brown to chocolate brown with markings in ashwhite. The hindwings are fawn to smoky brown. Adults are on wing from February to June.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Aoraia dinodes (Meyrick, 1890)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. 23 December 2014. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/f5b3d9c3-5d88-4025-8595-83d8699de3ae. 
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1890). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera." (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 204–220. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3288870. 
  3. Dugdale, J. S. (1994). "Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera).". Fauna of New Zealand 30: 1–164. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/49029/FNZ30Dugdale1994150.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4778720 entry