Oxycanus australis Walker, 1856 is a animal in the Hepialidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Oxycanus australis Walker, 1856

Oxycanus australis Walker, 1856

Oxycanus australis is a Hepialidae moth found in parts of southern Australia, with larvae possibly feeding on Leptospermum laevigatum.

Family
Genus
Oxycanus
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Oxycanus australis Walker, 1856

Oxycanus australis, with the full scientific name Oxycanus australis Walker, 1856, is a moth species that belongs to the family Hepialidae. This species is found in South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria. It is thought that the larvae of Oxycanus australis feed on Leptospermum laevigatum.

Photo: (c) Alan Melville, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Alan Melville · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hepialidae Oxycanus

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