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Hepialid Moth, Abantiades labyrinthicus

Helena Scott1850/1870

Australian Museum

Australian Museum
Sydney, Australia

“[The caterpillars] had constructed through the soil a gallery, internally coated with a slight brownish-coloured silken tissue, and of just sufficient width to permit the passage of their bodies.” Description from AW Scott, ‘Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations’, Volume 1, Plate 4 (1864).

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  • Title: Hepialid Moth, Abantiades labyrinthicus
  • Creator: Helena Scott
  • Date: 1850/1870
  • Medium: Watercolour painting
Australian Museum

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