Biology:Dioxycanus oreas
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Dioxycanus |
| Species: | D. oreas
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| Dioxycanus oreas (Hudson, 1920)
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Dioxycanus oreas is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It was first described by George Vernon Hudson in 1920.[3] The species was discovered by Averil Lysaght.[3]
The wingspan is 32–40 mm for males and 42–50 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January.[4]
References
- ↑ "Dioxycanus oreas (Hudson, 1920)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/d646d93b-b4b4-46c3-ab88-2e33db96cad0.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hudson, George Vernon (1920). "Descriptions of two new species of Hepialidae from New Zealand." (in en). The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 56: 277. ISSN 0013-8908. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9017236.
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1994). "Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Fauna of New Zealand 30: 55. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/49029/FNZ30Dugdale1994150.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q5279658 entry
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