Dioxycanus oreas

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]

Dioxycanus oreas
Female specimen
Male specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Dioxycanus
Species:
D. oreas
Binomial name
Dioxycanus oreas
(Hudson, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Porina oreas Hudson, 1920
  • Porina ascendens Meyrick, 1921
  • Porina descendens Hudson, 1923
  • Porina gourlayi Philpott, 1931

The wingspan is 32–40 mm for males and 42–50 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January.[4]

The larvae live in a blind silken tube encrusted with plant and soil debris, constructed amongst tussock bases.[4]

References
  1. "Dioxycanus oreas (Hudson, 1920)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  2. 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.
  3. Hudson, George Vernon (1920). "Descriptions of two new species of Hepialidae from New Zealand". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 56: 277. ISSN 0013-8908 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Dugdale, J. S. (1994). "Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 30: 55 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.


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