Fraus simulans, the lesser ghost moth, is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.[2] Adults are on wing from late March to early April in one generation per year.[3]

Fraus simulans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Fraus
Species:
F. simulans
Binomial name
Fraus simulans
Walker, 1856[1]
Synonyms
  • Hectomanes noserodes Meyrick, 1890

References

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  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. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  3. ^ Hardy, R. J. (1973). "The Biology of Fraus Simulans Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 12 (2): 113–120. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1973.tb01645.x.