Oxycanus dirempta
Variable Oxycanus at Ainslie, ACT
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| Oxycanus dirempta | ibaird | 30 Jul 2020 | |
| Oxycanus dirempta | GlennCocking | 30 Jul 2020 | |
| Oxycanus beltista | jb2602 | 16 Jun 2020 |
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User's notes
White pattern virtually the same as Male Oxycanus belista shown on Butterfly house; More pink than brown; Antennae short and thin, segments like the tops of golf tees, no projections so maybe a female, a bit like Oxycanus australis.
2 comments
29 Jul 2020
Given the key to antennae provided by Moths of Victoria I think the second image shows a good match to a female O. australis, Sotherhen Oxycanus, although I see no reference to other ACT records of this species online -althugh there are coastal NSW records at this latitude. The predominant dsitriburion for this species is Victorian and Tasmanian. Extension of the range for O. australis to include the ACT seems plausible on ecological grounds. O, belista is less likely I think given that species Queensland distribution. The suggestions of pinkish colouration would fit O. australis too.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152026-35.259173
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Jun 2020 06:53 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Oxycanus dirempta Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Oxycanus dirempta Scientific name
- Variable Oxycanus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 968.4m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Porina kershawi
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