Antihepialus antarcticus

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Antihepialus antarcticus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Antihepialus
Species:
A. antarcticus
Binomial name
Antihepialus antarcticus
(Wallengren, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Hepialus antarcticusWallengren, 1860
  • Ptycholoma aurifaberFelder, 1874

Antihepialus antarcticus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from South Africa. [1] [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Antihepialus antarcticus (Wallengren, 1860)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Antihepialus Janse, 1942". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 4, 2017.