Oxycanus antipoda

Oxycanus antipoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Oxycanus
Species:	O. antipoda
Binomial name
	Oxycanus antipoda; (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)[1]
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 family Hepialidae. It is found in Tasmania and Victoria.[2]

The larvae feed on grasses.

References

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.
Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (June 12, 2006). "Oxycanus antipoda". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-03.

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