Variable Oxycanus at Black Range, NSW
Identification history
| Oxycanus dirempta | 18 Jul 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Oxycanus dirempta | 17 Jul 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Oxycanus (genus) | 13 Jul 2020 | AndrewMcCutcheon |
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User's notes
These swift moths were active on a very wet night along with the much more common O silvanus. I am not sure whether these are all the same species due to some variation in color and markings. Images 2 and 3 are of the same individual.
4 comments
PaulWhitington
wrote:
13 Jul 2020
Looks like Oxycanus dirempta to me, Andrew. But I’ll leave it to Glenn to confirm.
AndrewMcCutcheon
wrote:
18 Jul 2020
Thanks Paul for the identification, and Glenn for confirming this.
PaulWhitington
wrote:
18 Jul 2020
Pleasure Andrew. This species does show a pronounced variation in both colouration and markings. O. dirempta is actually the most common Oxycanus species in our neck of the woods.
AndrewMcCutcheon
wrote:
18 Jul 2020
Interesting you should say that Paul, as here I counted 15 Oxycanus moths under our light and found only four of them were O. dirempta,while the rest were O. silvanus. After counting them at least three more O. silvanus appeared before I turned the light off.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.844993-36.734660
- Places Black Range, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 12 Jul 2020 07:56 PM Recorded on
- AndrewMcCutcheon Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) AndrewMcCutcheon
Species information
- Oxycanus dirempta Scientific name
- Variable Oxycanus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 968.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Porina kershawi
