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(Redirected from Polypogon fractalis) Species of moth

Hipoepa fractalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hipoepa
Species: H. fractalis
Binomial name
Hipoepa fractalis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Herminia fractalis Guenée, 1854
  • Polypogon fractalis
  • Bertula raptatalis Walker, 1859
  • Hipoepa limieri Guillermet, 2004
  • Gonitis pusilla Butler, 1875
  • Zanclognatha invenustua Swinhoe, 1890
  • Zanclognatha fractalis feminina Strand, 1919
  • Paracolax castanea Rothschild, 1920
  • Hypena plebejus Rothschild, 1920
  • Hipoepa pusilla Butler, 1875

Hipoepa fractalis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Taiwan, China, Japan, Kenya, Korea, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cape Verde, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Yemen and Australia (including Queensland).

Description

The wingspan is 19–34 mm. Antennae of male not knotted and contorted nor serrate. A reddish-brown moth. Forewings with postmedial line more waved and crenulate. The submarginal line angled below costa and at middle.

References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Polypogon fractalis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Hipoepa fractalis (Guenée, 1854)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  4. Japanese Moths
  5. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Taxon identifiers
Hipoepa fractalis


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