Oxycanus silvanus
Pale Oxycanus at Evatt, ACT
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| Oxycanus silvanus | GlennCocking | 27 Jun 2019 | |
| Oxycanus dirempta | GlennCocking | 14 Jun 2019 | |
| Oxycanus dirempta | ibaird | 13 Jun 2019 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 13 Jun 2019 |
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User's notes
Very docile and missing part of a leg.
Some additional images of the moth's underside and antennae have been added in sighting 4228426 to hopefully help with identification.
3 comments
14 Jun 2019
My suggested ID is based on the 4th image which gives a reasonably sharp view of the antennae, suggesting to me its a male O. dirempta based on reference images MoV give in their supporting CD to Part 6 on Oxycanus identification.
28 Jun 2019
This is a female O. silvanus, based on its forewing shape and colour/pattern and the clearly pectinate antennae.
15 Jul 2019
OK, but the key for Oxycanus in MoV6 shows male O.dirempta having short pectinate antennae which I thought looked likely.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.064043-35.213389
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Jun 2019 03:06 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL 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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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