Fraus pteromela (Lower, 1892) is a animal in the Hepialidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Fraus pteromela (Lower, 1892)

Fraus pteromela (Lower, 1892)

Fraus pteromela is a Hepialidae moth found across most of southern half Australia, with different wingspans for each sex.

Family
Genus
Fraus
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Fraus pteromela (Lower, 1892)

Fraus pteromela is a moth species that belongs to the Hepialidae family. It is distributed across most of the southern half of Australia. For this species, males have a wingspan of approximately 25 millimeters, while females have a wingspan of around 35 millimeters.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hepialidae Fraus

More from Hepialidae

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

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