Aoraia aurimaculata

Aoraia aurimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aoraia
Species: A. aurimaculata
Binomial name
Aoraia aurimaculata
(Philpott, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Porina aurimaculata Philpott, 1914

Aoraia aurimaculata is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found along the Southern Alps and western Fiordland in cool temperate to subalpine forests and lower penalpine shrubland.

The wingspan is 62–67 mm for males and 85–94 mm for females. Adults are on wing from February to May.[1]

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