Aoraia dinodes

Aoraia dinodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Aoraia
Species: A. dinodes
Binomial name
Aoraia dinodes
(Meyrick, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Porina dinodes Meyrick, 1890

Aoraia dinodes is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

The wingspan is 62–70 mm for males and about 70 mm for females. The forewing pattern is intricate or sometimes simplified fawn-brown to chocolate brown with markings in ashwhite. The hindwings are fawn to smoky brown. Adults are on wing from February to June.[1]

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