Dioxycanus fusca

Dioxycanus fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Dioxycanus
Species: D. fusca
Binomial name
Dioxycanus fusca
(Philpott, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Porina fusca Philpott, 1914

Dioxycanus fusca is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1914 as Porina fusca using specimens collected by C. Fenwick and M. O. Pasco.[2] In 1966 L. J. Dumbleton reviewed New Zealand Hepialinae and placed this species within the Dioxycanus genus and giving the new combination of Dioxycanus fuscus.[3]

The wingspan is 26–33 mm for males and about 38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to February.[4] This species can be found in the South Island in western Southland and Otago up to approximately 900 meters.[3] D. fusca can be distinguished from D. oreas by its dark antennae.[4]

Larvae have been found amongst short Poa tussocks, living in shafts in the soil.[4]

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.
  2. ↑ Philpott, Alfred (1914). "Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 118–126 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. 1 2 Dumbleton, L. J. (1966). "Genitalia, classification and zoogeography of the New Zealand Hepialidae (Lepidoptera)". New Zealand Journal of Science. 9 (4): 920–981 – via BUGZ.
  4. 1 2 3 Dugdale, J. S. (1994). "Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 30: 54 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.


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