Description of two new Australian species of Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and females of two further species with notes on their biogeography Author Moore, Michael D. 0000-0002-8796-3330 Biological and Earth Sciences, South Australian Museum, SA 5000, Australia & michael. moore @ samuseum. sa. gov. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8796 - 3330 michael.moore@samuseum.sa.gov.au Author Beaver, Ethan P. 0000-0002-0613-7046 Biological and Earth Sciences, South Australian Museum, SA 5000, Australia & ethan. beaver @ live. com. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0613 - 7046 ethan.beaver@live.com.au Author Velasco-Castrillón, Alejandro 0000-0002-3516-6655 Biological and Earth Sciences, South Australian Museum, SA 5000, Australia & a. velascocastrillon @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3516 - 6655 a.velascocastrillon@gmail.com Author Stevens, Mark I. Biological and Earth Sciences, South Australian Museum, SA 5000, Australia & University of South Australia, Clinical and Health Sciences, SA 5000, Australia. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-08-04 4822 1 71 93 journal article 8765 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.1.3 164a0cbc-f72c-47ea-9179-b19ebd10a5b4 1175-5326 4401266 AD57CF19-5F68-4992-943C-59ED442E2DD9 Genus Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] Diagnosis: Simonsen (2018) produced a new diagnosis for the genus: “A patch of elongate scales at the forewing base and the ‘sensory tubercles’ on S2 are both unique and diagnostic for Abantiades .” He also noted that they have hepialine venation ( Dumbleton 1966 ; Dugdale 1994 ), and monopectinate antennae that lack scales on the flagellum.