Jeana delicatula

Jeana delicatula
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Jeana
Species: J. delicatula
Binomial name
Jeana delicatula
Tindale, 1935

Jeana delicatula is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is endemic to Tasmania and Victoria.[1][2]

The larvae are subterranean and probably feed on the roots and bases of grasses.

References

  1. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
  2. Australian Faunal Directory


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