Oxycanus antipoda

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Oxycanus antipoda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oxycanus
Species:
O. antipoda
Binomial name
Oxycanus antipoda
Synonyms
  • Epiolus antipodaHerrich-Schäffer, 1853
  • Oxycanus fuscomasculatusWalker, 1856
  • Epiolus sordidusHerrich-Schäffer, [1853]
  • Oxycanus pardalinusWalker, 1865

Oxycanus antipoda is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Tasmania and Victoria. [2]

The larvae feed on grasses.

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The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.

<i>Oxycanus</i> Genus of moths

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<i>Margarella</i> Genus of gastropods

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Oxycanus aedesima is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Queensland.

Oxycanus altenai is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New Guinea.

<i>Oxycanus australis</i> Species of moth

Oxycanus australis is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

Oxycanus barnardi is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Queensland and New South Wales.

Oxycanus fuliginosa is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Oxycanus herdus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New South Wales.

Oxycanus hildae is a moth of the family Hepialidae found in New South Wales and Victoria.

Oxycanus nigra is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Oxycanus nigripuncta is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Oxycanus occidentalis is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Western Australia.

Oxycanus perplexus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Oxycanus snelleni is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Oxycanus sphragidias is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Tasmania.

<i>Oxycanus subvaria</i> Species of moth

Oxycanus subvaria is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

Oxycanus toxopeusi is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It can be found in New Guinea.

Cucullia antipoda is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae found in North America.

References

  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID   86004391.
  2. Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (June 12, 2006). "Oxycanus antipoda". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-03.