Oxycanus silvanus
Pale Oxycanus at O'Connor, ACT
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| Oxycanus silvanus | GlennCocking | 16 May 2018 | |
| Oxycanus silvanus | zelotypia | 16 May 2018 | |
| Oxycanus silvanus | ibaird | 14 May 2018 |
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User's notes
Attracted to MV light at night.
2 comments
7 May 2018
While we know Oxycanus sp. are difficult to identify, reference to the Moths of Victoria guide (part 5) suggests to me this specimen may be O. australis although we know that species has primarily a Tasmanian and Victorian distribution, but that it has been recorded at this latitude, albeit east of here in the coastal hinterland (Neilsen pers. comm.). By reference to MoV for Oxycanus with orange antennae, this specimens seems to me to have rami which are longer than O. dirempta, but not long enough to be O. antipoda or other alternatives. There is a good image of a moth named O. antipoda recorded in the ACT on the ALA and its antennae, to my eye are longer, consistent with the MoV guide. I am interested to here what my peers think! See my blow-up of the antennae, third image, for reference.
14 May 2018
I believe it is O. silvanus, the antennae and forewing pattern fit, and it is common in the ACT
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113272-35.259580
- Altitude 600.3m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 May 2018 11:07 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Oxycanus silvanus Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Oxycanus silvanus Scientific name
- Pale Oxycanus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 812.49m Recorded at altitude
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