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The Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Oxycanus nigra (Viette, 1956)

[Paraoxycanus nigra Viette, 1956] (TL: Scree Valley Camp, Dutch New Guinea; type: RMNH)

endemic species

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Variation

There is some minor variation in forewing pattern. The species has some resemblance with Oxycanus herbuloti but is much darker, particularly the dark hindwings are diagnostic. The male genitalia are depicted in the left figure.

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A local and rare species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Letterbox Camp, Scree Valley Camp, Mt. Wilhelmina (Gn. Trikora). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: 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.
Viette, P.L., 1956. Contribution a l'etude des Hepialidae (Lepidoptera) (32eme note). Hepialidae de Nouvelle-Guinee. Nova Guinea, new series 7(1): 41-58.