Fraus crocea

Fraus crocea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hepialidae
Genus:Fraus
Species: F. crocea
Binomial name
Fraus crocea
(Lucas, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hectomanes crocea Lucas, 1891

Fraus crocea is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm for males and about 35 mm for females. Adults vary in colour from pale yellow to brown, red or grey.[3] Adults are on wing from February to May.

Larvae are associated with Imperata cylindrica and Gahnia species.

References

  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.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory
  3. Australian Insects


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