Western Australia MothsWA Moth Index Abantiades hydrographus Anomis definata Ardices glatignyi Austropaschia porrigens Ctenoplusia albostriata Hestiochora occidentalis Hippotion celerio (Vine Hawk Moth) Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) Myrtartona rufiventris Synemon spp
Austropaschia porrigens is a member of the family Pyralidae (Pyralid Snout Moths), and a monotypic snout moth genus, first described by George Hampson in 1916, and contains the species Austropaschia porrigens, found in Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Pyraloidea
- Family: Pyralidae
- Subfamily: Epipaschiinae
- Genus: Austropaschia
- Species: Austropaschia porrigens
Footnote & References
- Austropaschia porrigens, Photographs © Jean and Fred Hort
- Austropaschia porrigens Hampson, 1916, Snout Moth, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a64d8902-1075-47aa-9fd3-f4681d3c2b1c
Western Australia MothsWA Moth Index Abantiades hydrographus Anomis definata Ardices glatignyi Austropaschia porrigens Ctenoplusia albostriata Hestiochora occidentalis Hippotion celerio (Vine Hawk Moth) Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) Myrtartona rufiventris Synemon spp
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