Wiseana

Wiseana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Wiseana Viette, 1961
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Porina Walker, 1856 (nec d’Orbigny, 1852) Gorina Quail, 1899 Goryna Quail, 1899 Philpottia Viette, 1950

Wiseana is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are seven described species, all endemic to New Zealand.

Species

• Wiseana cervinata

• Recorded food plants: Trifolium, various grasses.

• Wiseana copularis
• Wiseana fuliginea
• Wiseana jocosa

• Larva feeds on grasses

• Wiseana mimica
• Wiseana signata

• Larva feeds on grasses

• Wiseana umbraculatus

• Larva feeds on grasses

External links

• Hepialidae genera