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Oxycanus antipoda

Oxycanus antipoda
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oxycanus
Species: O. antipoda
Binomial name
Oxycanus antipoda
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Epiolus antipoda Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
  • Oxycanus fuscomasculatus Walker, 1856
  • Epiolus sordidus Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
  • Oxycanus pardalinus Walker, 1865

Oxycanus antipoda is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in Tasmania and Victoria.

The larvae feed on grasses.



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