2 Late Oxycanus at Bonython, ACT
Identification history
| Oxycanus antipoda | 3 Jun 2023 | donhe | ||
| Oxycanus (genus) | 3 Jun 2023 | donhe | ||
| Oxycanus antipoda | 27 May 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Unverified | 25 May 2023 | MichaelBedingfield |
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Barney's Hill
5 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
27 May 2023
None of the other specimens of Oxycanus silvanus have such a pattern.
ibaird
wrote:
27 May 2023
Fair comment, however In many cases the wing pattern cannot be relied on alone to distinguish Oxycanus species. O. sylvanus and O. antipoda are difficult to distinguish. We usually rely on the antennae to distinguish them (using Moths of Victoria's useful visual key as i did in this case) with O. antipoda having slightly longer peçtinations in the male antennae, particularly towards the base, than O. sylvanus. On second thoughts, looking at Moths in the ACT, I think I may have plumped for the wrong option, so I'll throw it open again for Don's consideration.
donhe
wrote:
3 Jun 2023
The wing pattern is very unusual. To me it looks most like the western species O. occidentalis and O. perdita. I wonder if it could be a blow-in or a hybrid.
ibaird
wrote:
3 Jun 2023
I went mainly on the antennae. I think species specimens within O. antipoda seem quite variable so I would be hard put to pick a characteristic pattern.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.078272-35.441483
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut Barneys Hill/Mt Stranger
- Places Bonython, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 May 2023 08:12 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Oxycanus antipoda Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Oxycanus antipoda Scientific name
- Late Oxycanus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 785.64m Recorded at altitude
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