Wiseana jocosa

Wiseana jocosa
	Female specimen
	Male specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Wiseana
Species:	W. jocosa
Binomial name
	Wiseana jocosa; (Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
	Porina jocosa Meyrick, 1912;

Wiseana jocosa is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912 and is endemic to New Zealand.

The wingspan is 34–38 mm for males and 44–55 mm for females. The colour of the forewings is usually dark brown. Adults are on wing from October to January.^[2] They are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap.^[3]

References

↑ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
↑ "Fauna of New Zealand 30: Hepialidae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
↑ B. H. Patrick; R. D. Archibald (January 1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 70–72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q105740584.

[1] Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.

[2] "Fauna of New Zealand 30: Hepialidae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2012-04-04.

[3] B. H. Patrick; R. D. Archibald (January 1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 70–72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q105740584.

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