Biology:Aoraia aurimaculata
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Aoraia |
| Species: | A. aurimaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Aoraia aurimaculata (Philpott, 1914)
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Aoraia aurimaculata is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1914 from a specimen collected at The Hermitage, Mount Cook by F. S. Oliver.[2] This holotype specimen is now lost.[3] A. aurimaculata is endemic to New Zealand,[1] where it is found along the Southern Alps and western Fiordland in cool temperate to subalpine forests and lower penalpine shrubland.[3]
The wingspan is 62–67 mm for males and 85–94 mm for females. Adults are on wing from February to May.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aoraia aurimaculata (Philpott, 1914)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. 23 December 2014. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/005eb5ac-9fd0-4185-b2e2-db1efcea3d93.
- ↑ Philpott, Alfred (1914). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera." (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 46: 118–121. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3297021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dugdale, J. S. (1994). "Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera).". Fauna of New Zealand 30: 1–164. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/49029/FNZ30Dugdale1994150.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4778719 entry
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