Aoraia

Taxobox
name = "Aoraia"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Hepialidae
genus = "Aoraia"
genus_authority = Dumbleton, 1966
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Aoraia" is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 13 described species, all endemic to New Zealand. This genus contains some large species with a wingspan of up to 150 mm.

Species

* "Aoraia aspina"
* "Aoraia aurimaculata"
* "Aoraia dinodes"
* "Aoraia ensyii"
* "Aoraia flavida"
* "Aoraia hespera"
* "Aoraia insularis" - confined to small islands off Stewart Island
* "Aoraia lenis"
* "Aoraia macropis"
* "Aoraia oreobolae"
* "Aoraia orientalis"
* "Aoraia rufivena"
* "Aoraia senex" [http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/Aoraia_senex.100a.jpg]

External links

* [http://www.sciencebuff.org/genera_and_species.php Hepialidae genera]