Biology:Oxycanus antipoda

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Short description: Species of moth

Oxycanus antipoda
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oxycanus
Species:
O. antipoda
Binomial name
Oxycanus antipoda
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epiolus antipoda Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
  • Oxycanus fuscomasculatus Walker, 1856
  • Epiolus sordidus Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
  • Oxycanus pardalinus Walker, 1865

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

The larvae feed on grasses.

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. 
  2. Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (June 12, 2006). "Oxycanus antipoda". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081010173125/http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/hepi/antipod.html. Retrieved 2009-03-03. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7115806 entry