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The Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Oxycanus toxopeusi (Viette, 1956)

[Paroxycanus toxopeusi Viette, 1956] (TL: Moss Forest Camp; type: RMNH)

endemic species

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Note

 

The species somewhat resembles Oxycanus postflavida, but the forewing pattern of that species is more delicate and unicolorous than toxopeusi. The male genitalia is depicted in the left figure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species, restricted to the central part of the Jayawijaya Mountains, West of the Baliem Valley.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Lake Habbema, Moss Forest Camp, Scree Valley Camp. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: RMNH, Siep Sinnema. 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.