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Oxycanus dirempta
This moth was about 35mm long; with wings closed it had patterns of orange and grey with ribbing and spots visible. Also noted a gorgeous salmon pink colour hidden within but visible as a tuft above the thorax and folded wings at the rear. Abdomen looks quite long for this family and antennae are very simple.
Found on the ground under very strong lights at a local auto allotment.
This genus is incredibly variable. Male antennae are fine compared to other families but the females have incredibly small 'strings' for antennae.
order: LEPIDOPTERA
suborder: GLOSSATA
infraorder: EXOPORIA
superfamily: HEPIALOIDEA
family: HEPIALIDAE
subfamily: Hepialidae
Distribution http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Oxycanus+d...
Spotted on May 2, 2013
Submitted on May 22, 2013
4 Comments
Certainly some of them seem to be. We've spotted some nice ones of different species at the same location under the 'used car lot' lights. (Glad I don't pay that power bill !! )
Fantastic! Are your swift moths attracted to lights? I think they are only rarely attracted to lights in the United States.
Thanks Akhil... I think I'll go with that.
yeah, looks like oxycanus dirempta to me too