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Oxycanus dirempta
About 60mm wingspan this moth has long but finely plumose antennae meaning it is a male in this family. White spots and smokey patterns on brown wings with typical hepialid wing shape and venation. Underneath of the wings and the abdomen showed a deep orange to paler yellow gradient.
Resting on a wall under strong night lighting at the local school.
Oxycanus sp antennae need to be assessed with care as do the wing markings. Dennis Wilson has covered it well here http://peonyden.blogspot.com.au/2010/06/... and here are some examples of variability http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6aOnqfviqGI/Ue...
family: HEPIALIDAE
subfamily: Hepialidae
http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
Spotted on Apr 18, 2014
Submitted on Apr 18, 2014
1 Comment
Love the "fur" !