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The Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

 

Oxycanus diakonoffi (Viette, 1956)

[Paraoxycanus diakonoffi Viette, 1956] (TL: Mist Camp, Dutch New Guinea; type: RMNH)

endemic species

females of Oxycanus species are rarely seen

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Variation

 

Oxycanus diakonoffi shows a wide range of variation and makes it therefore very difficult to distinguish it from other related species. The male genitalia (left figure) form the best characters for 100 % certainty.

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species, but it seems restricted to the mountains West of the Baliem Valley.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Mist Camp, Top Camp. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: RMNH. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

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Literatuur

Nielsen, E.S., G.S. Robinson & D.L. Wagner, 2000. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of Natural History 34: 823–878.
Viette, P.L., 1956. Contribution a l'etude des Hepialidae (Lepidoptera) (32eme note). Hepialidae de Nouvelle-Guinee. Nova Guinea, new series 7(1): 41-58.