Biology:Zelotypia
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Zelotypia Scott, 1869 |
| Species: | Z. stacyi
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| Zelotypia stacyi Scott, 1869[1]
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Zelotypia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae. The only described species is Z. stacyi, the bentwing ghost moth, which is only found in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia . This is a very large species with a wingspan of up to 250 mm. The larva feeds and pupates in the trunks and branches of Eucalyptus.
References
- ↑ Nielsen, E. S.; Robinson, G. S.; Wagner, D. L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: A global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)". Journal of Natural History 34 (6): 823. doi:10.1080/002229300299282.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q17608149 entry
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