Abantiades argyrosticha is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1929 (as Trictena argyrosticha),[3] and is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Abantiades |
| Species: | A. argyrosticha
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The wingspan is about 100 mm.
The larvae live underground, where they feeds on the roots of various trees, including Casuarina and Eucalyptus species.[5]
References
edit- ^ Simonsen, Thomas (March 2018). Splendid Ghost Moths and Their Allies: A Revision of Australian Abantiades, Oncopera, Aenetus, Archaeoaenetus and Zelotypia (Hepialidae). Csiro Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4863-0748-7. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella. "Abantiades argyrosticha". Australian Butterflies and their Caterpillars. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ 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
- ^ Australian Insects
External links
edit- Hepialidae genera Archived 2006-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
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