Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]

Moore, Michael D., Beaver, Ethan P., Velasco-Castrillón, Alejandro & Stevens, Mark I., 2021, Twonew endemicspecies ofAbantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Kangaroo Island, Australia, Zootaxa 4951 (3), pp. 571-597 : 573

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.9
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:45D34CAC-0EA1-47AB-A919-CA157741549A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4668504
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/17126074-3407-1334-D2A6-FB2FFA8DFA06
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]
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Genus Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] View in CoL

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 ( Dumbleton 1966; Dugdale 1994) venation, and monopectinate antennae that lack scales on the flagellum.