Oxycanus australis

Oxycanus australis is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.[2]

Oxycanus australis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukarya
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Oxycanus
Species:
O. australis
Binomial name
Oxycanus australis
Walker, 1856[1]

The larvae possibly feed on Leptospermum laevigatum.

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.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory


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