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Abantiades aphenges

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Species of moth

Abantiades aphenges
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Abantiades
Species: A. aphenges
Binomial name
Abantiades aphenges
(Turner, 1904)
Synonyms

Abantiades aphenges is a moth of the family Hepialidae, first described in 1904 by Alfred Jefferis Turner as Pielus aphenges. The specific epithet, aphenges, means "dark, gloomy". It is endemic to Australia, including New South Wales and Queensland.

References

  1. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  2. ^ Turner, A. J. (1904). "New Australian Lepidoptera...with synonomic notes and other notes". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 28: 212–247 .
Taxon identifiers
Abantiades aphenges


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