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Wiseana fuliginea

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Wiseana fuliginea
Female specimen
Male specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Wiseana
Species:
W. fuliginea
Binomial name
Wiseana fuliginea
(Butler, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Porina fuliginea Butler, 1879

Wiseana fuliginea is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879 and is endemic to New Zealand.

The wingspan is 27–38 mm for males and 33–47 mm for females. The colour of the forewings varies from pale to dark brown.[2]

References

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  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. ^ "Fauna of New Zealand 30: Hepialidae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
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