Variable Oxycanus at QPRC LGA
Identification history
| Oxycanus dirempta | 5 May 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Oxycanus dirempta | 5 May 2024 | Wombat007 |
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User's notes
Species a guess based on web photos. Also seems more black and white than other photos. Can swift moths adapt wing colour to perch? In this case a black bean bag.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.679535-35.171167
- Altitude 707.3m
- Places Borough, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 5 May 2024 11:27 AM Recorded on
- Wombat007 Recorded by
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Collections
Wombat007 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Oxycanus dirempta Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Bean bag. There had been 100+ attracted to lights previous evening. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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