Fraus polyspila is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.[2]

Fraus polyspila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Fraus
Species:
F. polyspila
Binomial name
Fraus polyspila
(Meyrick, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hectomanes polyspila Meyrick, 1890

Adults are on wing in May.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ehrharta species. They create tunnels of about 20 cm deep.[3]

References

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  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.
  2. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  3. ^ Pests of field crops and pastures: identification and control