Abantiades

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Exoporia
Superfamilia: Hepialoidea

Familia: Hepialidae
Genus: Abantiades
Species: A. albofasciatus – A. antenniochrus – A. aphenges – A. argentangulum – A. aurilegulus – A. barcas – A. centralia – A. cephalocorvus – A. concordia – A. diversata – A. equipalpus – A. fulvomarginatus – A. hutchinsoni – A. hyalinatus – A. hydrographus – A. kayi – A. labyrinthicus – A. latipennis – A. leucochiton – A. lineacurva – A. magnificus – A. malleus – A. marcidus – A. ocellatus – A. penneshawensis – A. rubrus – A. sericatus – A. tembyi – A. zonatriticum
Name

Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

Type species: Epiolus hyalinatus Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 by subsequent designation by Kirby , 1892.

Synonymy

Pielus Walker, 1856
?Rhizopsyche Scott, 1864

References

Moore, M.D. 2014. Two further new species of Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Western Australia. Australian entomologist 41(4): 217–231. PDF. Reference page.
Moore, M.D., Beaver, E.P., Velasco-Castrillón, A. & Stevens, M.I. 2020. Four new tri-forked species of the Australian genus Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from the “dark obscura clade”. Zootaxa 4801(1): 115–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.5. Paywall. Reference page.
Moore, M.D., Beaver, E.P., Velasco-Castrillón, A. & Stevens, M.I. 2020a. Description of two new Australian species of Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and females of two further species with notes on their biogeography. Zootaxa 4822(1): 071–093. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.1.3. Paywall. Reference page.
Moore, M.D., Beaver, E.P., Velasco-Castrillón, A. & Stevens, M.I. 2021. Two new endemic species of Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Kangaroo Island, Australia. Zootaxa 4951(3): 571–597. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.9. Paywall. Reference page.
Moore, M.D., Beaver, E.P., Bradford, T., Hutchinson, P.M., Kay, P., Temby, N., Hamon, H. & Stevens, M.I. 2022. Two new species of Western Australian Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and a description of the female of Abantiades paradoxa (Tindale). Zootaxa 5133(2): 201–225. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.2.3. Paywall. Reference page.
Moore, M.D. & Edwards, E.D. 2014: Two new species of Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Western Australia. Australian entomologist 41(1): 29–44. Abstract and full article (PDF) on informit Reference page.
Tindale, N.B. 1932. Revision of the Australian ghost moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, family Hepialidae). Part I. Records of the South Australian Museum 4(4): 497–536. BHL Reference page.

Abantiades is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 14 described species, all found exclusively in Australia. The group includes some large species with a wingspan of up to 160 mm. The larvae feed on the roots of Eucalyptus and other trees.

The Pindi moth (A. latipennis) is an abundant species of the eucalypt forests of Tasmania and, unlike many invertebrate species, appears to adapt well to the controversial forestry practice of clearfelling.
Species

Abantiades includes the following species:[1]

Abantiades albofasciatus
Abantiades aphenges
Abantiades aurilegulus
Abantiades barcas
Abantiades fulvomarginatus
Abantiades hyalinatus (southern Queensland to Tasmania)
Abantiades hydrographus
Abantiades labyrinthicus (east coast, southern Queensland to Tasmania)
Abantiades latipennis - Pindi moth (Victoria and Tasmania)
Abantiades leucochiton
Abantiades magnificus (eastern Victoria and New South Wales)
Abantiades marcidus
Abantiades ocellatus
Abantiades sericatus

References

"Abantiades". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 9 December 2016.