Fraus simulans
| Fraus simulans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Fraus |
| Species: | F. simulans |
| Binomial name | |
| Fraus simulans Walker, 1856[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Lesser Ghost Moth (Fraus simulans) is a moth of the Hepialidae family. 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
- ↑ Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ Australian Insects
- ↑ The Biology Of Fraus Simulans Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)