Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hepialidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Thitarodes | |
Thitarodes nipponensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Kyoichiro Ueda in 1995, and is known from Japan.
The length of the forewings is 14–19 mm. The forewings are brownish or yellowish with bold, paler markings forming indistinct patterns. The hindwings are fuscous to greyish brown, slightly tinged with ochreous on the apical area of the costa and cilia.
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