| Zelotypia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Zelotypia Scott, 1869 |
| Species: | Z. stacyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Zelotypia stacyi Scott, 1869[1]
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Zelotypia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae. The only described species is Z. stacyi, the bentwing ghost moth, which is only found in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. This is a very large species with a wingspan of up to 250 mm. The larva feeds and pupates in the trunks and branches of Eucalyptus.
References[edit]
- ^ Nielsen, E. S.; Robinson, G. S.; Wagner, D. L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: A global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)". Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
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