Palpifer taprobanus

Palpifer taprobanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Palpifer
Species:	P. taprobanus
Binomial name
	Palpifer taprobanus; (Moore, [1887])
Synonyms
	Hepialus taprobanusMoore, [1887];

Last updated October 02, 2023

Palpifer taprobanus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1887 and is found in Sri Lanka.^[2]^[3]

The species was once classified as being the same species as Palpifer sexnotatus . In The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I, George Hampson noted the species collectively as follows:

Male-head, pro and meso thorax dark brown; metathorax black-brown. Fore wing dark red-brown; two white subbasal spots below the median nervure; a round white spot at center of cell; traces of a postmedial dark line; some ochreous specks on costa near apex; a black speck at center of inner margin. Hind wing- the basal area fulvous yellow, extending along the costa nearly to apex; the outer area dark red-brown.
— The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I^[4]

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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. S2CID 86004391.
↑ "Palpifer taprobanus (Moore, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
↑ "Species details: Palpifer taprobanus Moore, 1887". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] 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.

[2] "Palpifer taprobanus (Moore, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 18 November 2018.

[3] "Species details: Palpifer taprobanus Moore, 1887". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[4] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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