Jeana delicatula | |
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Scientific 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
- 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.
- Australian Faunal Directory
Taxon identifiers | |
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Jeana delicatula |
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