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The Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

 

Oxycanus eos Tindale, 1955

[Oxycanus eos Tindale, 1955] (TL: Cyclop Mts; type: BMNH)

endemic species

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Variation

 

Very similar to other species like O. diakonoffi, but the forewings are more stretched. Identification can only be certain with study of the male genitalia (left figure). Like in most other Oxycanus species there is a wide range of varieties, although most forms seem to be in the range of yellow, marbelled with brown.

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Not a common species. Seems restricted to NE Papua.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Ampas, Araucaria Camp, Cyclop Mts. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH. 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.