Oxycanus silvanus
Pale Oxycanus at Ainslie, ACT
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| Oxycanus silvanus | ibaird | 12 Jun 2020 | |
| Oxycanus silvanus | donhe | 12 Jun 2020 |
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User's notes
Nothing pale about this one so probably not O. silvanus. Other possibilities: O. janeus, O. antipoda, O. goodingi, O. oreades? maybe something else not reported in MOV?
2 comments
12 Jun 2020
I think that pattern of dark spots is unique to O. sylvanus. I do not know why Axel chose the name 'Pale Oxycanus'. A more literal translation of the Latin would be 'Woodland Oxycanus'. Many of the BOLD specimens of O. sylvanus look to me like they were dark grey before they lost a lot of scales.
12 Jun 2020
Great to have a Latin scholar on the team! 'Woodland Oxycanus' makes a lot of ecological sense too.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152058-35.259204
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jun 2020 10:36 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- jb2602 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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