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Dioxycanus fusca

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Dioxycanus fusca
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D. fusca
Binomial name
Dioxycanus fusca
(Philpott, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Porina fusca Philpott, 1914
  • Dioxycanus fuscus

Dioxycanus fusca is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

The wingspan is 26–33 mm for males and about 38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to February.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Fauna of New Zealand 30: Hepialidae