Cladoxycanus minos (Hudson, 1905) is a animal in the Hepialidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cladoxycanus minos (Hudson, 1905)

Cladoxycanus minos (Hudson, 1905)

Cladoxycanus minos is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Cladoxycanus of Hepialidae, endemic to New Zealand, first described in 1905.

Family
Genus
Cladoxycanus
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cladoxycanus minos (Hudson, 1905)

Cladoxycanus is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Hepialidae, meaning it contains only one species. This single species is Cladoxycanus minos, which is endemic to New Zealand. Cladoxycanus minos was first formally described by George Hudson in 1905.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hepialidae Cladoxycanus

More from Hepialidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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