Aoraia aurimaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aoraia
Species:
A. aurimaculata
Binomial name
Aoraia aurimaculata
(Philpott, 1914)
Synonyms[1]
  • Porina aurimaculata Philpott, 1914

Aoraia aurimaculata is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1914 from a specimen collected at The Hermitage, Mount Cook by F. S. Oliver.[2] This holotype specimen is now lost.[3] A. aurimaculata is endemic to New Zealand,[1] where it is found along the Southern Alps and western Fiordland in cool temperate to subalpine forests and lower penalpine shrubland.[3]

The wingspan is 62–67 mm for males and 85–94 mm for females. Adults are on wing from February to May.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Aoraia aurimaculata (Philpott, 1914)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  2. ↑ Philpott, Alfred (1914). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 118–121 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. 1 2 3 Dugdale, J. S. (1994). "Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 30: 1–164 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
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