Abantiades latipennis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hepialidae
- Genus
- Abantiades
- Species
- Abantiades latipennis
- Scientific Name
- Abantiades latipennis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Abantiades latipennis
Abantiades latipennis, known as the Pindi moth, is a species of moth in the family Hepialidae. It may also be referred to as a swift moth or a ghost moth, as this is a common name associated with Hepialidae. Endemic to Australia and identified in 1932, it is most populous in temperate rainforest where eucalypti are prevalent, as the larvae feed primarily on the roots of these trees. Females lay eggs during flight in a scattering fashion. The larvae live for over eighteen months underground, while adult moths survive for approximately one week, as they have no mouthparts with which to feed. The moths are preyed upon by a number of predators, including bats and owls. Brown in colour overall, males are paler and the identifying silver bars of the male's wings are more prominent than those of the female's, with dark margins. Male adults are generally smaller.
Established clearfelling practices have been shown to favour the Pindi moth, and could lead to it being considered a pest due to opportunistic proliferation of the species. The resulting damage caused to the trees on which it feeds may be considered significant.
...Abantiades latipennis in languages:
- English
- Pindi Moth
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
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- Abantiades antenniochrus
- Abantiades aphenges
- Abantiades argentangulum
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- Abantiades atripalpis
- Abantiades aurilegulus
- Abantiades barcas
- Abantiades barnardi
- Abantiades centralia
- Abantiades cephalocorvus
- Abantiades equipalpus
- Abantiades fulvomarginatus
- Abantiades furva
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- Abantiades hutchinsoni
- Abantiades hyalinatus
- Abantiades hydrographus
- Abantiades inexpecta
- Abantiades karnka
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- Abantiades kristenseni
- Abantiades labyrinthicus
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- Abantiades leucochiton
- Abantiades lineacurva
- Abantiades macropusinsulariae
- Abantiades magnificus
- Abantiades marcidus
- Abantiades mcquillani
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- Abantiades mysteriella
- Abantiades neglecta
- Abantiades obscura
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- Abantiades pallida
- Abantiades paradoxa
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- Abantiades pica
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