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Abantiades aphenges

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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[1]

Abantiades aphenges is a moth of the family Hepialidae,[1] first described in 1904 by Alfred Jefferis Turner as Pielus aphenges.[1][2] The specific epithet, aphenges, means "dark, gloomy".[2] It is endemic to Australia, including New South Wales and Queensland.[1]

References

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