Gorgopis libania

Gorgopis libania is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in South Africa and Angola.[1] The larva feeds on grasses.

Gorgopis libania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Gorgopis
Species:
G. libania
Binomial name
Gorgopis libania
(Stoll, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena libania Stoll, 1781
  • Gorgopis abbottii Holland, 1892
  • Gorgopis angolensis Viette, 1956

References
  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.
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