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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Bordaia Tindale, 1932 |
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Bordaia is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are five described species, all endemic to Australia.
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Norman Barnett Tindale AO was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.
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