Biology:Palpifer taprobanus
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Short description: Species of moth
| Palpifer taprobanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Palpifer |
| Species: | P. taprobanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Palpifer taprobanus (Moore, [1887])[1]
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Palpifer taprobanus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1887 and is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]
The species was once classified as being the same species as Palpifer sexnotatus. In The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I, George Hampson noted the species collectively as follows:
Male-head, pro and meso thorax dark brown; metathorax black-brown. Fore wing dark red-brown; two white subbasal spots below the median nervure; a round white spot at center of cell; traces of a postmedial dark line; some ochreous specks on costa near apex; a black speck at center of inner margin. Hind wing- the basal area fulvous yellow, extending along the costa nearly to apex; the outer area dark red-brown.
References
- ↑ 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 )". Journal of Natural History 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. http://johngrehan.net/files/1013/8578/1218/Nielsen_et_al_2000_Hepialidae.pdf.
- ↑ "Palpifer taprobanus (Moore, 1887)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/exoporia/hepialoidea/hepialidae/palpifer/#taprobanus. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ↑ "Species details: Palpifer taprobanus Moore, 1887". Catalogue of Life. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/4095030ff330eb86e255637bae201f90. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q7128707 entry
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