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Wiseana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hepialidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Wiseana cervinata, Aenetus, Oxycanus, Costelytra zealandica, Hepialidae

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

    • References

    Wiseana Wikipedia
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