Schausiana

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Schausiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Schausiana
Viette, 1950
Species:
S. trojesa
Binomial name
Schausiana trojesa
(Schaus, 1901) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phassus trojesaSchaus, 1901

Schausiana is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae described by Pierre Viette in 1950. The only described species is Schausiana trojesa, described by William Schaus in 1901, which is endemic to Mexico.

The wingspan is about 70 mm. The forewings are grey, covered with minute black striae edged with light brown. The hindwings are greyish brown with light brown hairs at the base. Some of the veins on the outer margin are light brown. [2]

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References

  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. Schaus, William (June 1901). "New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. II". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9 (2): 73–77. JSTOR   25002931.