Thitarodes nipponensis

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Thitarodes nipponensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Thitarodes
Species:
T. nipponensis
Binomial name
Thitarodes nipponensis
Ueda, 1995 [1]

Thitarodes nipponensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Kyoichiro Ueda in 1995, and is known from Japan. [2]

The forewings are 14–19 mm in length and are brownish or yellowish with lighter markings. The hindwings are greyish brown, with a more brownish-yellow coloring on the apical area of the costa and the cilia. [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. 1 2 A New Species of Thitarodes Viette (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae) from Japan. Kyoichiro Ueda, 1995


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