Oxycanus dirempta

Oxycanus dirempta is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New South Wales and Victoria.

Oxycanus dirempta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Oxycanus
Species:
O. dirempta
Binomial name
Oxycanus dirempta
(Walker, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Porina dirempta Walker, 1865
  • Porina kershawi Lucas, 1891

The wingspan is about 60 mm.

References
  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.


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