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Jeana delicatula

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Species of moth

Jeana delicatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Jeana
Species: J. delicatula
Binomial name
Jeana delicatula
Tindale, 1935

Jeana delicatula is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to Tasmania and Victoria.

The larvae are subterranean and probably feed on the roots and bases of grasses.

References

  1. 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 )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory
Taxon identifiers
Jeana delicatula


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