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Palpifer taprobanus is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]
The species was once classified as the same species in India, Palpifer sexnotatus. In The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-1, 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 Vol-1.[4]