Palpifer taprobanus

Palpifer taprobanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Palpifer
Species: P. taprobanus
Binomial name
Palpifer taprobanus
(Moore, [1887])[1]
Synonyms
  • Hepialus taprobanus Moore, [1887]

Palpifer taprobanus is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1887 and is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]

The species was once classified as being the same species as Palpifer sexnotatus. In The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths volume I, George Hampson noted the species collectively as follows:

Male-head, pro and meso thorax dark brown; metathorax black-brown. Fore wing dark red-brown; two white subbasal spots below the median nervure; a round white spot at center of cell; traces of a postmedial dark line; some ochreous specks on costa near apex; a black speck at center of inner margin. Hind wing- the basal area fulvous yellow, extending along the costa nearly to apex; the outer area dark red-brown.

— The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths volume I[4]

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. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Palpifer Hampson, [1893]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Species details: Palpifer taprobanus Moore, 1887". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.


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