Wiseana fuliginea
| Wiseana fuliginea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Wiseana |
| Species: | W. fuliginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Wiseana fuliginea (Butler, 1879)[1] | |
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Wiseana fuliginea is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Butler in 1879, and is endemic to New Zealand.
The wingspan is 27–38 mm for males and 33–47 mm for females. The colour of the forewings varies from pale to dark brown.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Fauna of New Zealand 30: Hepialidae
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