Biology:Aoraia dinodes
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Aoraia |
| Species: | A. dinodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Aoraia dinodes (Meyrick, 1890)
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Aoraia dinodes is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This moth was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890 from specimens collected in Invercargill by Captain Hutton.[2]
The wingspan is 62–70 mm for males and about 70 mm for females. The forewing pattern is intricate or sometimes simplified fawn-brown to chocolate brown with markings in ashwhite. The hindwings are fawn to smoky brown. Adults are on wing from February to June.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aoraia dinodes (Meyrick, 1890)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. 23 December 2014. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/f5b3d9c3-5d88-4025-8595-83d8699de3ae.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1890). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera." (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 204–220. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3288870.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q4778720 entry
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