Abantiades sericatus

Abantiades sericatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hepialidae
Genus:Abantiades
Species: A. sericatus
Binomial name
Abantiades sericatus
Tindale, 1932

Abantiades sericatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The wingspan is about 70 mm. Adult females have pale brown forewings with a sinuous pattern of white patches with black outlines and two to three orange and blue eyespots. The hindwings are pale brown. Males have white forewings with a sinuous pattern and white hindwings.[2]

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