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The Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

 

Oxycanus dives Tindale, 1955

[Oxycanus dives Tindale, 1955] (TL: Mt. Kunupi, Menoo Valley, Weyland Mts; type: BMNH)

endemic species

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Variation

 

This is a large species and therefore rather easy to recognize, but some pale varieties resemble those from the equaly large sized O. tamsi Tindale, 1955. The forewings are stretched. Like in most other Oxycanus species there is a wide range of varieties. The species is only with certainty identified by the male genitalia (left figure).

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Rather common.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Beehive Camp, Mt. Kunupi (Weyland Mts), Langda, Mabilabol, Pass Valley. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, ZMAN. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

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Literatuur

Nielsen, E.S., G.S. Robinson & D.L. Wagner, 2000. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of Natural History 34: 823–878.
Tindale, N.B., 1955. Revision of the ghost moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae). Part VI. Records of the South Australian Museum 11(4): 307-344.