Oxycanus antipoda

Oxycanus antipoda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oxycanus
Species:
O. antipoda
Binomial name
Oxycanus antipoda
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 )" (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.


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