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Hypobapta diffundens

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ5959180
Source-derived summary

Hypobapta diffundens, the diffundens grey, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1891. It is found in the Australian state of Queensland.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The larvae feed on Eucalyptus species.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Hypobapta diffundens” as species of insect. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1891—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Hypobapta, diffundens and species can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of insect. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5959180. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1891.

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This entry incorporates text from Hypobapta diffundens” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.