Oxycanus (genus)
Unidentified Oxycanus moths at Gundaroo, NSW
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| Unverified | Gunyijan | 9 Jun 2019 |
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Attracted to the light at night 200 or so on the fly wire. On evening of 8 June a Tawny Frogmouth was hunting/ eating the moths off the windows.
2 comments
14 Jun 2019
The rami seem to be long but strongly asymmetrical in length and slightly thicker at the base suggesting O. antipoda but I can't be sure given the antennae images are not very sharp. Moth looks like it has suffered from arrested development when emerging. Overall I think Oxycanus sp. might be the safer ID.
2 Jul 2019
I think it is most likely to be O. silvanus, some specimens have quite subdued wing patterns.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.215777-35.034758
- Places Gundaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 9 Jun 2019 07:20 AM Recorded on
- Gunyijan Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- Gunyijan 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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5 / 7
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