Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer, [1856], 1855

Moore, Michael D., Beaver, Ethan P., Velasco-Castrillón, Alejandro & Stevens, Mark I., 2020, Four new tri-forked species of the Australian genus Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from the “ dark obscura clade ”, Zootaxa 4801 (1), pp. 115-141 : 118

Genus Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]

Diagnosis

Simonsen (2018) produced a new diagnosis for the genus: “A patch of elongate scales at the forewing base and the ‘sensory tubercles’ on S2 are both unique and diagnostic for Abantiades .” He also noted that they have hepialine venation ( Dumbleton 1966, Dugdale 1994), and mono-pectinate antennae that lack scales on the flagellum.