Oxycanus silvanus

Pale Oxycanus at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

Oxycanus silvanus	16 May 2018	GlennCocking
Oxycanus silvanus	16 May 2018	zelotypia
Oxycanus silvanus	14 May 2018	ibaird
Oxycanus sp. (genus)	6 May 2018	ibaird

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User's notes

Attracted to MV light at night.

2 comments

ibaird wrote:

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.

GlennCocking wrote:

14 May 2018

I believe it is O. silvanus, the antennae and forewing pattern fit, and it is common in the ACT

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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
Collections
ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Male Gender

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
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania