Tipanaea patulella
| Tipanaea patulella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Tipanaea |
| Species: | T. patulella |
| Binomial name | |
| Tipanaea patulella Walker, 1863[1] | |
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Tipanaea patulella is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from Australia, where it is found from Queensland to Tasmania.
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are white.[2]
The larvae are thought to bore into the stems of Juncus species.
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