Variable Oxycanus at Googong, NSW
Identification history
| Oxycanus dirempta | 10 May 2021 | donhe | ||
| Oxycanus dirempta | 10 May 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Oxycanus beltista | 9 May 2021 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 9 May 2021 | WHall |
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4 comments
kasiaaus
wrote:
9 May 2021
Are you sure this is not Oxycanus dirempta? I'm not sure on the rules to distinguish them.
donhe
wrote:
10 May 2021
No, I am not sure. I was just looking at the diverging white forewing streak. Some O. dirempta have a white streak, and in some the white streak diverges toward the margin. I think that streak of O. beltista diverges more, like this specimen. Other characters such as antennae may provide better diagnostics.
ibaird
wrote:
10 May 2021
I think the antenna structure under magnification favours O. dirempta although MoV does not provide O. beltista images in their key for comparison.
ibaird
wrote:
10 May 2021
I found an image of O. beltista on iNaturalist showing an asymmetrical biipinnate male antennae structure quite different to this specimen and to the reference antennae for O. dirempta in the Moths of Victoria key.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.196645-35.427736
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 May 2021 09:58 PM Recorded on
- WHall Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) WHall
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Male Gender
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
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Porina kershawi
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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