Heloxycanus
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| Genus: | Heloxycanus Dugdale, 1994
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| Species: | H. patricki
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| Heloxycanus patricki Dugdale, 1994
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Heloxycanus patricki is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae, the only member of the genus Heloxycanus. Its common names are ghost moth[1] and sphagnum porina moth.[2] The species is named for its discoverer, entomologist Brian Patrick.[1] It is found in Sphagnum and other moss bogs in the southern part of the South Island of New Zealand.[1] Its life cycle runs in two year cycles with peak numbers of adults occurring in odd-numbered years.[3]
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