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Palpifer taprobanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Palpifer
Species:	P. taprobanus
Binomial name
Palpifer taprobanus (Moore, )
Synonyms
Hepialus taprobanus Moore,

Palpifer taprobanus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1887 and is found in Sri Lanka.

The species was once classified as being the same species as Palpifer sexnotatus. In The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I, George Hampson noted the species collectively as follows:

Male-head, pro and meso thorax dark brown; metathorax black-brown. Fore wing dark red-brown; two white subbasal spots below the median nervure; a round white spot at center of cell; traces of a postmedial dark line; some ochreous specks on costa near apex; a black speck at center of inner margin. Hind wing- the basal area fulvous yellow, extending along the costa nearly to apex; the outer area dark red-brown.

— The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I

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.
2. "Palpifer taprobanus (Moore, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
3. "Species details: Palpifer taprobanus Moore, 1887". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
4. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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