Abantiades sericatus

Abantiades sericatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Abantiades sericatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Abantiades
Species:
A. sericatus
Binomial name
Abantiades sericatus
Tindale, 1932

The wingspan is about 70 mm. Adult females have pale brown forewings with a sinuous pattern of white patches with black outlines and two to three orange and blue eyespots. The hindwings are pale brown. Males have white forewings with a sinuous pattern and white hindwings.[2]

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