Zelotypia

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Zelotypia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hepialidae Genus: Zelotypia Scott, 1869 Species: Z. stacyi
Binomial name
Zelotypia stacyi

Zelotypia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae. The only described species is Z. stacyi, the Bentwing Ghost Moth, which is only found in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. This is a very large species with a wingspan of up to 250 mm. The larva feeds and pupates in the trunks and branches of Eucalyptus.

[edit] Literary Reference

Zelotypia is mentioned in Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.

[edit] External links

• Hepialidae genera