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Heloxycanus

Heloxycanus
Heloxycanus patricki female.jpg
Female specimen.
Heloxycanus patricki male.jpg
Male specimen.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Heloxycanus
Dugdale, 1994
Species: H. patricki
Binomial name
Heloxycanus patricki
Dugdale, 1994

Heloxycanus patricki is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae, the only member of the genus Heloxycanus. Its common names are ghost moth and sphagnum porina moth. The species is named for its discoverer, entomologist Brian Patrick. It is found in Sphagnum and other moss bogs in the southern part of the South Island of New Zealand. Its life cycle runs in two year cycles with peak numbers of adults occurring in odd-numbered years.



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