Edosa fraudulens (Rosenstock, 1885) is a animal in the Tineidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Edosa fraudulens (Rosenstock, 1885)

Edosa fraudulens (Rosenstock, 1885)

Edosa fraudulens is a widespread southern Australian tineid moth with distinct patterned forewings.

Family
Genus
Edosa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Edosa fraudulens (Rosenstock, 1885)

Edosa fraudulens (Rosenstock, 1885) is a species of moth belonging to the family Tineidae. It has a widespread distribution across southern Australia. As documented in the 1990 publication Moths of Australia, this moth has light yellow forewings, with the apical one-third of the forewings patterned in brown and lilac.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tineidae Edosa

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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