Aoraia flavida

Aoraia flavida
Male specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aoraia
Species: A. flavida
Binomial name
Aoraia flavida
Dugdale, 1994
Synonyms

    Aoraia flavida is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species was described by John S. Dugdale in 1994 from specimens obtained near Gem Lake in the Umbrella Mountains in Southland and collected by B. H. Patrick.[2]

    Physical description

    The wingspan is 47–50 mm for males. Females are brachypterous. The forewing pattern in males is ash-white or creamy white on chocolate brown. The hindwings are smoky brown. In females, the forewings are patterned in broad, irregular fields of dark brown and brownish fawn. Adults can be found from March to April.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ "Aoraia flavida Dugdale, 1994". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
    2. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1994). "Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 30: 44–45 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.


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