Fraus simulans

Fraus simulans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hepialidae
Genus:Fraus
Species: F. simulans
Binomial name
Fraus simulans
Walker, 1856[1]
Synonyms
  • Hectomanes noserodes Meyrick, 1890

Fraus simulans, the lesser ghost moth, is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.[2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm for males and 35 mm for females. Adults are brown, often with white streaks near the base, and a dark spot in the middle of each forewing.[3] Adults are on wing from late March to early April in one generation per year.[4]

The larvae feed on the foliage of various herbaceous plants, but mainly grasses, including Ecdeiocolea monostachya. They live in a subterranean tunnel and emerge at night to feed.

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
  4. ↑ "THE BIOLOGY OF FRAUS SIMULANS WALKER (LEPIDOPTERA: HEPIALIDAE)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 12: 113–120. 1973. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1973.tb01645.x.


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