Biology:Cladoxycanus

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Short description: Genus of moths

Cladoxycanus minos
Cladoxycanus minos female.jpg
Cladoxycanus minos male.jpg
Female (top) and male (bottom)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Cladoxycanus
Dumbleton, 1966
Species:
C. minos
Binomial name
Cladoxycanus minos
(Hudson, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
  • Porina minos Hudson, 1905
  • Hudson, 1920 Porina autumnata

Cladoxycanus is a monotypic genus of moths belonging to the family Hepialidae. It consists of only one species, Cladoxycanus minos, which is endemic to New Zealand.[2] C. minos was first described by George Hudson in 1905.[3]

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 )". Journal of Natural History 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. http://johngrehan.net/files/1013/8578/1218/Nielsen_et_al_2000_Hepialidae.pdf. Retrieved 2016-06-18. 
  2. "Cladoxycanus minos (Hudson, 1905)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/6229a8ce-2835-486b-b608-4a6dad7f692f. 
  3. Hudson, George Vernon (1905). "On some new species of macrolepidoptera in New Zealand." (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 37: 355–358. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3743188. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13936658 entry