Oxycanus (genus)
Unidentified Oxycanus moths at O'Connor, ACT
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Attracted to MV light at night.
3 comments
22 Apr 2018
This is an apparently fresh specimen. I'm suggesting Oxycanus sp. because I'm unsure of ID to species. I was attracted to O. dirempta based on the similariity of wing pattern to examples posted on the ALA by D. Hobern for this spcies, but this and his examples lack the white wing bar which seems to be dominant in samples identified as O. dirempta both by MoV and on Bold Systems 4. See the ALA page here:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:407afffc-c4ae-4707-89c8-cbd36847e856#gallery
MoV (Part 6) offer guidance on theirs supporting CDs to ID based on antennae characteristics and genitalia but the antennae are not sufficiently sharp in these images to help much, although O. dirempta seems not inconsistent.
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:407afffc-c4ae-4707-89c8-cbd36847e856#gallery
MoV (Part 6) offer guidance on theirs supporting CDs to ID based on antennae characteristics and genitalia but the antennae are not sufficiently sharp in these images to help much, although O. dirempta seems not inconsistent.
23 Apr 2018
Yes, I think the antennal rami are dirempta length, but the photo doesn't make it certain.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113283-35.259573
- Altitude 589.1m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Apr 2018 10:16 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Oxycanus (genus) Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Oxycanus (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Oxycanus moths Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1362m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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