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The Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

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Species belonging to Elhamma and Aenetus are rather easy to identify but most Oxycanus species are very difficult to distinguish from each other. Many species show a wide range of colour varieties which are in many species overlapping. Oxycanus specimens must therefore be identified by the male genitalia of which drawings are depicted on the species pages. In most cases it is not necessary to dissect the genitalia from the abdomen, just brushing away the hairy scales from the genitalia should be sufficient to show the often dentated rim on the tegumen which is specific. Mounted specimens on the pictures shown in this website are all genitalia checked for their identification.

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Elhamma diakonoffi (male)	Elhamma roepkei (male)	Elhamma toxopeusi (male)
Elhamma grehani (male)	Elhamma grehani (male)	Elhamma viettei (male)	Elhamma viettei (male)
Aenetus crameri (male)	Aenetus eugyna (male)	Aenetus hampsoni (male)	Aenetus hampsoni (female)
Aenetus marginatus (male)	Aenetus marginatus (female)	Aenetus sordida (female)	Aenetus arfaki
Aenetus tegulatus (male)	Aenetus tegulatus (female)	Aenetus tegulatus (female)
Aenetus toxopeusi (male)	Aenetus wollastoni (female)
Oxycanus aegrus (male)	Oxycanus aegrus (male)	Oxycanus aegrus (male)	Oxycanus aegrus (male)
Oxycanus aegrus (male)	Oxycanus aegrus (male)	Oxycanus aegrus (male)	Oxycanus altenai (male)
Oxycanus aegrus (male)	Oxycanus aegrus (male)
Oxycanus diakonoffi (male)	Oxycanus diakonoffi (male)	Oxycanus diakonoffi (male)	Oxycanus diakonoffi (male)
Oxycanus diakonoffi (male)	Oxycanus diakonoffi (male)	Oxycanus diakonoffi (female)
Oxycanus dives (male)	Oxycanus dives (male)	Oxycanus dives (male)	Oxycanus dives (male)
Oxycanus dives (male)		Oxycanus hebe (female)
Oxycanus eos (male)	Oxycanus eos (male)	Oxycanus eos (male)	Oxycanus eos (male)
Oxycanus hecabe (male)	Oxycanus hecabe (male)	Oxycanus hecabe (male)	Oxycanus hecabe (male)
Oxycanus hecabe (male)	Oxycanus hecabe (male)	Oxycanus hecabe (male)	Oxycanus mayri (male)
Oxycanus meeki (male)	Oxycanus meeki (female)	Oxycanus nigripuncta (male)	Oxycanus novaeguineensis (male)
Oxycanus novaeguineensis (male)	Oxycanus novaeguineensis (male)	Oxycanus novaeguineensis (male)	Oxycanus novaeguineensis (male)
Oxycanus serratus (male)	Oxycanus subochracea (male)	Oxycanus subochracea (male)	Oxycanus tamsi (male)
Oxycanus tamsi (male)	Oxycanus tamsi (male)	Oxycanus tamsi (male)	Oxycanus tamsi (male)
Oxycanus tamsi (male)	Oxycanus tamsi (male)	Oxycanus thoe (male)	Oxycanus thoe (male)
Oxycanus tyres (male)	Oxycanus tyres (male)	Oxycanus tyres (male)	Oxycanus tyres (male)
Oxycanus tyres (male)	Oxycanus tyres (male)	Oxycanus tyres (male)	Oxycanus tyres (male)
Oxycanus perplexus (male)	Oxycanus perplexus (male)	Oxycanus perplexus (male)	Oxycanus perplexus (male)
fuliginosa group (shorter rounded wings)
Oxycanus fuliginosa (male)	Oxycanus fuliginosa (male)	Oxycanus herbuloti (male)	Oxycanus nigra (male)
Oxycanus nigra (male)	Oxycanus postflavida (male)	Oxycanus postxois (male)	Oxycanus snelleni (male)
Oxycanus snelleni (male)	Oxycanus toxopeusi (male)

 

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Oxycanus male genitalia	click to go to species pages
Oxycanus aegrus	Oxycanus altenai	Oxycanus diakonoffi	Oxycanus discipennis
Oxycanus dives	Oxycanus eos	Oxycanus fuliginosa	Oxycanus hebe
Oxycanus hecabe	Oxycanus herbuloti	Oxycanus mayri	Oxycanus meeki
Oxycanus nigra	Oxycanus novaeguineensis	Oxycanus perplexus	Oxycanus postflavida
Oxycanus postxois	Oxycanus rileyi	Oxycanus serratus	Oxycanus snelleni
Oxycanus subochracea	Oxycanus tamsi	Oxycanus thasus	Oxycanus thoe
Oxycanus toxopeusi	Oxycanus tyres	Oxycanus xois

 

Updated on 11th May 2021